I guess some background information may help you in answering my question. Hello, my name is Alex and I am quickly approaching my last year of high school swimming. Last high school season I finished my 200 yard free with my best time of 2:12.17 (not that stellar I know :cry: ) However I did end up getting second place overall. Now next high school season I'm ranked first in the 200 yard free, but there's always room for improvement. I would LOVE to get the school record (1:55.45) by may 2012 but that's pushing it I think. So how do you swim a 200 free?
Last 200 yard free I swam I got a time of 2:17.09 I tried breathing every 4 the whole race and it really tired me out.
I believe my next strategy is going to be
1st 25 - go 99% breathing every 4
75 - 500 pace breathing every 2
50 - going 100% breathing every 6
50 - anything I got left
I tried breathing every 4 the whole race and it really tired me out.
Don't worry about breathing in a 200. You definitely don't want to beathe every 6 on the third 50. That's just insanity! Most people will breathe every two the entire time. If you like to bilateral breathe than breathe every 3.
And if you want to swim fast you can't really hold back too much in the first 100. No, you can't start out at a dead sprint, but ideally you should only be a few seconds slower than what you can go for an all-out 100 (maybe three seconds slower or so?). Then the key is being able to hold on for the second hundred without dropping much speed. Simple, right? :)
I tried breathing every 4 the whole race and it really tired me out.
Don't worry about breathing in a 200. You definitely don't want to beathe every 6 on the third 50. That's just insanity! Most people will breathe every two the entire time. If you like to bilateral breathe than breathe every 3.
And if you want to swim fast you can't really hold back too much in the first 100. No, you can't start out at a dead sprint, but ideally you should only be a few seconds slower than what you can go for an all-out 100 (maybe three seconds slower or so?). Then the key is being able to hold on for the second hundred without dropping much speed. Simple, right? :)
