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
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.
Ande speaks the truth! Based on the splits you provided earlier in the thread it is clear that you need to tighten up your splits. An eight second drop-off from the first to the second 100 is too much. This tells me you don't have the aerobic conditioning to swim a great 200 and/or your stroke technique needs improvement. If your technique is poor it will ruin your efficiency and you will tire more quickly.
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.
Ande speaks the truth! Based on the splits you provided earlier in the thread it is clear that you need to tighten up your splits. An eight second drop-off from the first to the second 100 is too much. This tells me you don't have the aerobic conditioning to swim a great 200 and/or your stroke technique needs improvement. If your technique is poor it will ruin your efficiency and you will tire more quickly.
