Monday, January 5, 2009
We're Baaaaaaack!!!
Yes we are back on the grounds of old SBU for some down home cooking both in the water and at the Hickey Dining Hall. We are not migrating with the vast array of teams that head South and are "old schooling" it this year. We are getting back to basics and going to find out what kind of toughness this group has over this long break. The team arrived back on Saturday and we are back in the water. Now is the time for the alums to come through with their favorite Winter Training Sets!!! I already know that Chris Devlin will reference some 400 set that was impossible but throw them out there. We have plenty of time to get all of them in, in some form and it adds to the aura as they can get a taste of the way it was!!! I hope everyone had a great Holiday and that 2009 brings joy and happiness to you and those close to you.
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6 comments:
Sean,
It's good to know the team is back in sunny Olean. Like you, I never made the trip south during my tenure at Bonas. I remember thinking I was going insane, walking aroung the empty campus talking to myself between work outs - and when the rest of the student population did come back, I remember being pissed off that they were on "my" campus. Hopefully the team will have the same experience - misery loves company.
Anyway - my favorite set (I think I posted it somewhere else on this blog):
1st 100 Free on 1:30
2nd on 1:29
3rd on 1:28
etc...until you drop out. Maybe have some incentive for the finalists as some whimps may give up early just to get out of the yardage.
All the best,
Cole
I always likened being back on campus over the break to The Shining - "Skcus siht, skcus siht," with my finger in the air.
As for a favorite set, I loved the 8 descending 800's we did one day, made palatable only by having the patio doors open wide enough that the sprint lanes had to put on warmer skirts to fight the chill.
At least treat them to the buffet at Pondagrossa some evening...
Hang in there guys.
Luke
Ahhh, the blowing snow, howling wind, stale Christmas cookies. I agree with Cole, the return of the student body was a bit distasteful. I recall asst. coach Scott Henry's dryland stretch cord rant that "If you motherbleepers were any bleepin good, you'd be at bleepin Stanford. You're not that talented, so you'd better work harder than all the other motherbleepers". Mathematical logic always confirmed the wisdom of staying at Bonas and not wasting two perfectly good training days on travel, and while the other motherbleepers were getting skin cancer, we had snow to pack on sore shoulders. I also recall Garvin squirting shampoo on the shower wall and rubbing his head on it....too sore to lift arms past shoulder level....most of us just didn't bother. Aside from needing a good 6Kyds to just feel somewhere in the vicinity of "loose", I only recall the 13,000yds plus weights per day (yes, sprinters too). I do remember a set of descending 500s that on the last one in order to beat Paulsen I had to take the freakin' thing out in 2:50 to touch him out at 5:05 or something like that....if you're gonna die anyway you might as well get waaaaay ahead first! Don't ever give up.
Devlin's been trying to call me and I bet its to discuss the "impossible 400's". I was going to mail the guys a puzzle to do over break but thought Mrs. Marchand would have already beat me to the punch.
Blizzard Run anyone?
We are getting some serious snow down here during this period and is it setting up nicley for a B-run.
May be a little late with this one but wanted to get it out there.
10x400's LCM in Florida
1st 5- 300 Free 100 Stroke descending 4:55, 4:50, 4:45, 4:40
2nd 5- 300 Stroke 100 Free descending 5:15, 5:10, 5:05, 5:00
4 people made the set. Coach think you may need to double check your SCY to LCM conversion chart. I think the sprinters were doing running starts in the diving well that day.
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