I have entered a swim meet in about 10 days.  It's not a huge event, but I'd like to swim fast and I'll need to start a "mini-taper" about 4-5 days prior to the meet.  So, this is just a typical day during the middle of the short course season:

4 x 200 warmup on 2:55
11 x 100 kick on 1:35  (usually kick is w/ fins)
20 x 25 fly on :28
5 x 400 pull on 5:45  (desc: 4:52, 4:45, 4:41, 4:37, 4;38)
24 x 25 odd easy free, even fast fly on :30
100 swim down
Total 5000 scy

Lots of Yards and a Little Rest

Here's a Tuesday morning workout with some rest, and a lot of yards:

6 x 100 warm up on 1:25

6 x 150 kick on 2:30

16 x 25 on :28

(3 x 200 on 4:15)
(3 x 200 on 2:50) x 2
(3 x 100 on 1:25)

100 swim down

5600 TOTAL

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