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 just swam a 200M free earlier this month, my splits:
32.44 1:07.61(35.17) 1:43.31(35.70) 2:17.32(34.01)
The guy next to me was:
32.63 1:07.17(34.54) 1:41.77(34.60) 2:17.56(35.79)
You can see there were different approaches to the race. I knew I had more in me on the 2nd & 3rd 50, but I also had a more important race later. If your last 50 is 1.5 sec faster than the 3rd, somethings not right.
You can check out a bunch of splits on the USMS competition tab - meet results database - event ranking. But also watch for things that don't look right.
I just swam a 200M free earlier this month, my splits:
32.44 1:07.61(35.17) 1:43.31(35.70) 2:17.32(34.01)
The guy next to me was:
32.63 1:07.17(34.54) 1:41.77(34.60) 2:17.56(35.79)
You can see there were different approaches to the race. I knew I had more in me on the 2nd & 3rd 50, but I also had a more important race later. If your last 50 is 1.5 sec faster than the 3rd, somethings not right.
You can check out a bunch of splits on the USMS competition tab - meet results database - event ranking. But also watch for things that don't look right.
