Breathing on the first stroke in distance free

In the finals of the 1500 at Worlds, I noticed that all of the swimmers were breathing on the first stroke coming out of their turns instead of taking a pull with the deeper arm and breathing on the second stroke. Any thoughts? Hey Gull, Yes, in longer swims, I breathe the 1st stroke off each wall & every 2 while swimming. (except for the start) When I'm really hurting I'll breathe the 1st & 2nd stroke off each wall, Did that in my Aug 2011 10k, I know I did it in the recent 1650 I swam, may have done it in a 500 & 400 IM. Breathing the 1st stroke off the wall is a bad idea for 50's, 100's 200s, 400's & 500's Asked Eddie Reese about it and I think he said it's OK for distance swimmers to do that. I'll ask again. Ande btw You don't live too far from the swim center now, drop in for some work outs right now Mon, Wed & Fri mornings are LCM Usually Saturday is too and the focus is distance. You'd enjoy FAST FRIDAYS

In the finals of the 1500 at Worlds, I noticed that all of the swimmers were breathing on the first stroke coming out of their turns instead of taking a pull with the deeper arm and breathing on the second stroke. Any thoughts? Hey Gull, Yes, in longer swims, I breathe the 1st stroke off each wall & every 2 while swimming. (except for the start) When I'm really hurting I'll breathe the 1st & 2nd stroke off each wall, Did that in my Aug 2011 10k, I know I did it in the recent 1650 I swam, may have done it in a 500 & 400 IM. Breathing the 1st stroke off the wall is a bad idea for 50's, 100's 200s, 400's & 500's Asked Eddie Reese about it and I think he said it's OK for distance swimmers to do that. I'll ask again. Ande btw You don't live too far from the swim center now, drop in for some work outs right now Mon, Wed & Fri mornings are LCM Usually Saturday is too and the focus is distance. You'd enjoy FAST FRIDAYS