65 Days Until Event – Too Many 3’s Today

Today was all about 300’s, like 10 of them. Mixed strokes, trying to work on technique and get rid of bad habits.

8/6/2026 Workout Summary

MetricResult
Workout format10 × 300 m mixed stroke
Total distance3,000 m
Freestyle distance1,525 m
Breaststroke distance1,475 m
Total moving time52:33.9
Total rest time7:38.5
Total session time1:00:12.4
Overall moving pace1:45.1/100 m
Average freestyle pace1:35.4/100 m
Average breaststroke pace1:55.2/100 m
Fastest 300 m interval5:05.6 — Set 7
Fastest overall interval pace1:41.9/100 m — Set 7

Workout Structure

Each row below is one continuous 300 m repeat. Freestyle and breaststroke distances come directly from Column G.

SetFreestyleBreaststrokeTotal TimeOverall PaceFree PaceBreast PaceRest
1150 m150 m5:14.31:44.81:37.21:52.40:18.6
2200 m100 m5:07.41:42.51:36.81:53.80:19.5
3100 m200 m5:21.11:47.01:35.81:52.70:17.3
4200 m100 m5:06.91:42.31:37.51:51.90:28.5
5100 m200 m5:20.91:47.01:36.51:52.21:23.8
6150 m150 m5:16.11:45.41:34.91:55.83:15.7
7175 m125 m5:05.61:41.91:30.91:57.20:22.5
8150 m150 m5:19.21:46.41:34.11:58.70:31.3
9150 m150 m5:20.71:46.91:34.51:59.20:41.3
10150 m150 m5:21.61:47.21:35.41:59.0

Stroke Analysis

StrokeDistanceMoving TimeAverage Pace
Freestyle1,525 m24:14.31:35.4/100 m
Breaststroke1,475 m28:19.61:55.2/100 m

Freestyle

Freestyle performance was strong throughout:

  • First-half freestyle pace was generally 1:35.8–1:37.5/100 m.
  • After the long mid-workout rest, you accelerated to 1:30.9/100 m in Set 7.
  • The final three sets remained consistent at 1:34.1–1:35.4/100 m.

That suggests you retained freestyle speed well and benefited noticeably from the longer recovery.

Breaststroke

Breaststroke shows a clearer fatigue pattern:

  • Sets 1–5: approximately 1:51.9–1:53.8/100 m
  • Set 6: 1:55.8
  • Sets 7–10: approximately 1:57.2–1:59.2

Your breaststroke slowed roughly 6–7 seconds per 100 m from the strongest early repeat to the final portion. Because freestyle did not deteriorate similarly, this looks more like stroke-specific muscular fatigue than general aerobic exhaustion.

The likely fatigue areas are the breaststroke kick, hip drive, and maintaining effective glide timing as the session progressed.

Huntsman Benchmark Table

There were no continuous 800 m or 1,500 m freestyle efforts, or continuous 100 m or 200 m breaststroke race tests, in this mixed-stroke workout. Therefore, none of your official event benchmarks change.

Event8/6 Event TimeCurrent Best Training2025 Bronze2025 4th
1500 m Freestyle25:46.025:04.7525:06.88
800 m Freestyle13:30.212:32.8512:56.76
200 m Breaststroke3:41.33:39.924:00.27
100 m Breaststroke1:44.01:32.971:37.95

Gap to Medal Table

EventGap to BronzeGap to 4th
1500 m Freestyle41.25 sec behind39.12 sec behind
800 m Freestyle57.35 sec behind33.44 sec behind
200 m Breaststroke1.38 sec behind18.97 sec ahead
100 m Breaststroke11.03 sec behind6.05 sec behind

Overall Evaluation

This was primarily a mixed-stroke threshold and fatigue-resistance session, not an event time trial.

The strongest findings are:

  • Freestyle pace averaged a very good 1:35.4/100 m across more than 1,500 m of accumulated swimming.
  • Freestyle speed was preserved through the end of the workout.
  • Breaststroke began near 1:52/100 m, but faded toward 1:59/100 m.
  • The workout therefore exposed a useful training target: maintaining breaststroke mechanics after roughly 700–900 m of accumulated breaststroke.
  • Your Huntsman benchmarks should remain unchanged because the stroke changes within each 300 prevented a valid continuous race-distance comparison.

Not sure what tomorrow will bring. I may take a few rest days! We will see.

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