The national qualifying times for the 2019 U.S. Masters Swimming Spring National Championship have been released. The meet will be held April 25-28 in Mesa, Ariz. More info about the meet, such as hotels, can be found on our meet info page. (Please read this info about the national qualifying times.)
I have been doing USRPT exclusively, 5 days a week since 2014. Most people have the mistaken idea that USRPT is only for sprints, because it says "ultra short" in the title. Nothing can be further from the truth. I believe it is actually better for distances of 200 and above. I started training for the 400 freestyle in September of 2014 and in March of 2015 I broke the 400 free SCM record in the 65 - 69 age group. I had never, ever broken a record before.
When people tell me that they do USRPT, I assume that they are doing it like I do it which is each set to failure at my target pace time. Turns out that people have many different interpretations about what USRPT is. If you have not already done so go to www.coachsci.sdsu.edu This is Dr. Rushall's Swimming Science Bulletin. Everything written about USRPT can be found there.
Trust your training and go to the meet with the idea of enjoying each and every race. After 40 years of competing in USMS I still get nervous before a race...but once I hit the water, regardless of the outcome, I feel at home in the water and it feels good.
I have been doing USRPT exclusively, 5 days a week since 2014. Most people have the mistaken idea that USRPT is only for sprints, because it says "ultra short" in the title. Nothing can be further from the truth. I believe it is actually better for distances of 200 and above. I started training for the 400 freestyle in September of 2014 and in March of 2015 I broke the 400 free SCM record in the 65 - 69 age group. I had never, ever broken a record before.
When people tell me that they do USRPT, I assume that they are doing it like I do it which is each set to failure at my target pace time. Turns out that people have many different interpretations about what USRPT is. If you have not already done so go to www.coachsci.sdsu.edu This is Dr. Rushall's Swimming Science Bulletin. Everything written about USRPT can be found there.
Trust your training and go to the meet with the idea of enjoying each and every race. After 40 years of competing in USMS I still get nervous before a race...but once I hit the water, regardless of the outcome, I feel at home in the water and it feels good.
