Why not work on the good stuff at practice? I have the opposite view. Swimming fast is about drag reduction. I don't want anything interfering with that or perfect streamlines. What you do in practice, you do in meets. If I were less lazy, I'd wear old speed suits in practice on occasion.
Oh, don't worry...I work on the good stuff too, but it's all relative. :) I love to swim fast at practice as well. Knowing that I can do a 4:52 400 IM with all the drag, no cap, no dive, etc. in practice makes me even more confident that I'll crush my time in a meet performance.
This "argument" of sprinter vs. distance person could go on forever and ever. I know what makes me feel good, you know what makes you feel good.
Why not work on the good stuff at practice? I have the opposite view. Swimming fast is about drag reduction. I don't want anything interfering with that or perfect streamlines. What you do in practice, you do in meets. If I were less lazy, I'd wear old speed suits in practice on occasion.
Oh, don't worry...I work on the good stuff too, but it's all relative. :) I love to swim fast at practice as well. Knowing that I can do a 4:52 400 IM with all the drag, no cap, no dive, etc. in practice makes me even more confident that I'll crush my time in a meet performance.
This "argument" of sprinter vs. distance person could go on forever and ever. I know what makes me feel good, you know what makes you feel good.
