CLIMBING the MOUNTAIN

 Question.  Is it a goal or a habit?  Is one more important than the other?  

GOAL- a goal is something that you set before you set out, before you take that first step.  For you it may look like this;

• I’m going to go a P.B. at the next meet.
• I will make a 14 and under champ cut this year.
• I will make a ISCA cut this year.
• I will get into the mixed age relay.

HABIT- a habit is something that you work on and create overtime.  It’s something that can become monotonous and takes a lot of repetition.  In your swimming they may look like this;

• I will be on time for practice
• I will be present and prepared for a great effort
• I’m going to hit all my underwater’s strong off every wall, today, tomorrow, next week, next month.
• I will push my tempo on all my race sets.
• I will take responsibility and not make excuses.
• Most athletes regardless of their sport only focuses on the big goal.  It feels good, it’s fulfilling, it like getting to the mountaintop where you perceive some type of greatness only to realize that there will always be another mountain to climb.  It’s the climb to the mountain top that in itself is fragile with rocks, cliffs, holes, anything to throw you to fall off the mountain and suffer setbacks.  Challenges that you face as you climb your mountain are;
• a missed practice.
• a bad practice
• a bad set, a bad repeat
• a underachieving race or meet
• a competitor who beats you and you know they shouldn’t 

The habits that you create during practice will help you as you climb the mountain.  They give you the

confidence to get up when you fall, the confidence to move on to the next race and keep working the process.   Don’t forget this simple thought, “failure is what happens when you decide you failed.”  Until then, you’re always looking for ways to improve and get to where you want to be.  Success and failure are 100% mental.  

SETS FROM LAST WEEK

IM SET FOCUS WAS OUR STREAMLINES AND BREAK OUTS TO FAST SWIMMING

10 rounds

25 fly@30

25 back @30

25 breast @30

75 free @1:45 (25 build to fast turn 25 fast to touch 25 easy kick on back

RACE SET WITH FINS (fast/easy) with fins focus was to work our speed getting out than holding it off turns and finally finishing with strong kick.

4x50 @1:00 (15/35)

Rest 15

3x50 @1:00 (35/15)

Rest 15

2x50 @1:00 (all fast)