How do you swim a 200 yard free?

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 My comment on your strategy for your next 200 is NO NO NO NO NO YOU WILL NOT SWIM THE FASTEST TIME YOU ARE CAPABLE OF BY GOING ALL OUT ON THE 1st 25 or 50 OF YOUR 200. All that will do is Make you swim slower than you could have and make you hurt way worse than you should have. 1st. Breathe every 2 or 3, the only exception is, if you can, don't breathe the last 5 meters of your race. air is CRITICAL VITAL ESSENTAL ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY 2nd 200's should be swum at 200 pace. Correct splitting is critical. Control the effort you expend during the race. Breathe often. Don't go all out. Keep your last 3 50's around the same time. Finish strong and fast. Swim Faster Faster can help you a lot. SFF tips on correct splitting Tip 12 Correct Splitting Tip 74 How to Correctly Split the 200 *** and 200 Fly SFF Tip 266 how to correctly split & incorrectly split a 200 (revisited) Tip 345 Correct Splitting What are your times for 50, 100, & 500? How many times a week do you train? How far per practice? Do you have a coach? What intervals can you hold? What kinds of sets do you do? Consider this: 1st 50 Go 89% to 93% breathe every 2 or 3, feel like you could go faster, gentle kick, lots of air 2nd 50 stay steady (your 100 SPLIT should be 2 - 4 sec slower than your ALL OUT 100 3rd work it 4th bring it home as fast as you can, be fierce and tough. Proper race strategy might help you improve your time by 1/2 to 1.5 sec per 100 Proper training is how you breakthrough and make massive improvements. If you're 26 in the 50, 57 in the 100 & 2:12 in the 200, you need to get in better condition. Train for the 500, 200 & 100.

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 My comment on your strategy for your next 200 is NO NO NO NO NO YOU WILL NOT SWIM THE FASTEST TIME YOU ARE CAPABLE OF BY GOING ALL OUT ON THE 1st 25 or 50 OF YOUR 200. All that will do is Make you swim slower than you could have and make you hurt way worse than you should have. 1st. Breathe every 2 or 3, the only exception is, if you can, don't breathe the last 5 meters of your race. air is CRITICAL VITAL ESSENTAL ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY 2nd 200's should be swum at 200 pace. Correct splitting is critical. Control the effort you expend during the race. Breathe often. Don't go all out. Keep your last 3 50's around the same time. Finish strong and fast. Swim Faster Faster can help you a lot. SFF tips on correct splitting Tip 12 Correct Splitting Tip 74 How to Correctly Split the 200 *** and 200 Fly SFF Tip 266 how to correctly split & incorrectly split a 200 (revisited) Tip 345 Correct Splitting What are your times for 50, 100, & 500? How many times a week do you train? How far per practice? Do you have a coach? What intervals can you hold? What kinds of sets do you do? Consider this: 1st 50 Go 89% to 93% breathe every 2 or 3, feel like you could go faster, gentle kick, lots of air 2nd 50 stay steady (your 100 SPLIT should be 2 - 4 sec slower than your ALL OUT 100 3rd work it 4th bring it home as fast as you can, be fierce and tough. Proper race strategy might help you improve your time by 1/2 to 1.5 sec per 100 Proper training is how you breakthrough and make massive improvements. If you're 26 in the 50, 57 in the 100 & 2:12 in the 200, you need to get in better condition. Train for the 500, 200 & 100.