I raced at PNA Champs near Seattle this weekend and all of my times were much slower than last year even though I trained for 11 months straight (Masters swim 3 days/week, weight lifting 2-3 days/week, with some cross-country skiing and biking on weekends). I stopped lifting 2 weeks prior to the meet but I swam up until Thursday before the Sat/Sun meet. Mostly did sprints on the Tues-Thur swims before the meet, about 2k meters all-up vs 3k meters for a normal workout. Plenty of sleep time. But I felt tired during the meet and ran out of energy on most events (200/500 yd free, 50/100/200 ***). Age = 51.
Should I have tapered more? I have no idea what caused my fatigue.
Thanks for any thoughts.
Seattle Jack
See how you feel this week and next. If you feel strong and energized, I'd say you should have tapered a little longer. Another possibility is you didn't do enough variation/sprinting during your 11 months of training. Training at the same speed teaches your body to go that speed. Unfortunately, its a trial and error thing.
See how you feel this week and next. If you feel strong and energized, I'd say you should have tapered a little longer. Another possibility is you didn't do enough variation/sprinting during your 11 months of training. Training at the same speed teaches your body to go that speed. Unfortunately, its a trial and error thing.
