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
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I went 26, 56 and 2:01 last year, so my 50 and 100 times aren't too far off from you. I think my 200 was 29, 30, 31, 31. I breathed every stroke to the left and tried to hold back a bit on the first 50. Withholding oxygen in a race like this isn't something I would care to experiment with.
There is no shortage of great advice in this thread. Good luck!
I went 26, 56 and 2:01 last year, so my 50 and 100 times aren't too far off from you. I think my 200 was 29, 30, 31, 31. I breathed every stroke to the left and tried to hold back a bit on the first 50. Withholding oxygen in a race like this isn't something I would care to experiment with.
There is no shortage of great advice in this thread. Good luck!
