Blogs

Not only was I elected ILMSA chair (my term begins 2009-06-01), but I was also selected as the ILMSA Coach of the Year for 2009. Thanks to everyone who nominated me, voted for me, or otherwise showed your support for me on both of these great honors!

I wrote last year that Dara Torres did something special. Little did I know that she'd outdo herself in grand fashion by winning the 100 free at Olympic Trials. That's right, a forty-one year old qualified for a fifth Olympic team. It's pretty impressive to think that at 41, you can do lifetime bests in the sprints at that level. It makes me wish I had the scratch to hire a team of stretchers, trainers, and nannies. In any case, my hat's off to you again, Dara. Go show the Chinese what drug-free and fast looks like... just don't forget to wear your contacts so you can see the scoreboard. I hope that Tessa makes it to China to make an appearance on the medal stand.

workout by Coach Kelly

200 swim, 200 kick, 200 IM, 200 pull
4/6x75 @1:30/2: 50 kick, 25 swim
sprint cycle: 4x25 @30: #1 easy/fast, #2 fast/easy, #3 build, #4 sprint
3x around: 4x50 drill/swim @1, 3x100 sprint @2:30

swim down 2-300 easy

workout by Coach Kelly

300 fr/bk/50
300 fr/br/50
300 kick

4/6x50 @50/1 desc. 1-3, 4-6

choose 1:
A. 100 @1:30/1:40, 200 @2:50/3:10, 300 @4/4:30, 4x50 @45;
100 @1:25/1:35, 200 @2:45/3:05, 300 @3:55/4:25, 4x50 @45;
100 @1:25/1:35, 200 @2:40/3, 300 @3:45/4:20

B. 100 @1:50, 200 @3:50, 100 @1:45, 4x50 @50;
100 @1:50, 200 @3:50, 100 @1:45, 4x50 @50;
100 @1:50, 200 @3:50, 100 @1:45