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
They have yet to post the PNA Champs results from last weekend. I actually beat my best 100 *** time by 0.4 seconds in the first race but expected more, felt tired, and got much slower every race after that.
Excellent advice going forward, and thanks for the kind offer to review video. Thanks much!
the fact that your 1st 100 was slightly faster is a positive development,
I know you can make dramatic improvements, it's simply a matter of:
+ How bad do you wanna be good?
+ How much training time, effort, & $ are you willing to dedicate to this project?
+ How smart fast & often you train?
Also if you can make technique improvements and make em stick
your time improvement will be proportional to what the changes do for you.
You might enjoy The Breastroke Lane
They have yet to post the PNA Champs results from last weekend. I actually beat my best 100 *** time by 0.4 seconds in the first race but expected more, felt tired, and got much slower every race after that.
Excellent advice going forward, and thanks for the kind offer to review video. Thanks much!
the fact that your 1st 100 was slightly faster is a positive development,
I know you can make dramatic improvements, it's simply a matter of:
+ How bad do you wanna be good?
+ How much training time, effort, & $ are you willing to dedicate to this project?
+ How smart fast & often you train?
Also if you can make technique improvements and make em stick
your time improvement will be proportional to what the changes do for you.
You might enjoy The Breastroke Lane
