Our Scott Bay has an article on how you can transition from short course to long course season.
Great article! I'm lucky to be on a team that works out LCM all year. I'm excited to have registered for my first Nationals meet. See you all in MSP!
Great article! I'm lucky to be on a team that works out LCM all year. I'm excited to have registered for my first Nationals meet. See you all in MSP!
LCM all year? Eek! :afraid:
The 50 free and 50 fly are on the same day. I went back ten years and that's never been done. What is the sense of that? And they're only separated by a single, 100 yard event. There are a lot of people who swim both.
I agree with you, Gary. If I can swim the Southside Seals Ironman Pentathlon (400 IM and 200's of each stroke) in well under 3 hours (at age 54) or the Suwanee Invitational "800 IM" (200's of each stroke-- and, I added the 400 IM AND 50 breaststroke) in under 3 hours as a 55-year-old; surely Doug (63) can handle the brutality of racing two 50's in an hour and a half. ;)
Sure you can swim any events in a given time frame if your goal is to simply complete them. But if you're looking to maximize your performance at Nationals, you don't want your two best events on the same day with only one event between them. For those of you who don't know Doug, he will most likely be in the top three and can possibly win both of those events. If I were Doug, I wouldn't be thrilled with the event lineup either.
Sure you can swim any events in a given time frame if your goal is to simply complete them. But if you're looking to maximize your performance at Nationals, you don't want your two best events on the same day with only one event between them. For those of you who don't know Doug, he will most likely be in the top three and can possibly win both of those events. If I were Doug, I wouldn't be thrilled with the event lineup either.
Before I wrote my post, I looked up his ranking, and he is currently ranked #1 in both events. In comparison, I rank in the lower half of my age group in my events. Still, in the races I mentioned, I didn't just "complete" my races.; I put forth my maximum effort. At Sewanee, I swam my fastest 200 breaststroke in four years.
Some of my intent was just teasing; a distance swimmer vs. sprinter thing. I used to be a sprinter, and my best event is still 50 breaststroke. Having been there (and worried about back-to-back events), I understand where he's coming from, even if I am no where near that level of a swimmer.
The 50 free and 50 fly are on the same day. I went back ten years and that's never been done. What is the sense of that? And they're only separated by a single, 100 yard event. There are a lot of people who swim both.
But a single 100M event is probably an hour of heats, give or take, at LC Nats. (FWIW, heat sheets are still up from 2015. There were 30 heats of the 100M ***). Plus all the heats of the first 50 that come after you, and all the heats of the second 50 that come before you. I bet there's at least an hour and a half between those two swims. You should be able to recover from a 50 in an hour and a half. :agree:
You should be able to recover from a 50 in an hour and a half. :agree:
I agree with you, Gary. If I can swim the Southside Seals Ironman Pentathlon (400 IM and 200's of each stroke) in well under 3 hours (at age 54) or the Suwanee Invitational "800 IM" (200's of each stroke-- and, I added the 400 IM AND 50 breaststroke) in under 3 hours as a 55-year-old; surely Doug (63) can handle the brutality of racing two 50's in an hour and a half. ;)
