Any good resources or rules-of-thumb to predict race/meet times from training? Do you just use time trials, can you use your 100 base-times, descend sets or pace work? I'm curious as to where I am at early in this season and would like to compare/project that to a meet setting. I feel like once-upon-a-time I had a gestalt for judging practice performance that let me understand where my training was at.
Alternatively, does my question even make sense?
Your question makes good sense,unfortunately there are so many variables that it is hard to predict.Are you talking about a taper meet,what stroke,what distance etc.?What kind of workouts do you do? If you do pretty much aerobic work (longer distances,shorter rest) without a taper then you may not go much faster(the dive is worth about 2 sec if you are timing from a push off in work out.)Some people actually go slower at meets because for a variety of reasons,primarily performance anxiety.
If you do high intensity workouts and taper even a little you may go much faster. I do high intensity workouts and generally drop 8-10 sec in 200M breaststroke between mid-season meets and taper meet.
Your question makes good sense,unfortunately there are so many variables that it is hard to predict.Are you talking about a taper meet,what stroke,what distance etc.?What kind of workouts do you do? If you do pretty much aerobic work (longer distances,shorter rest) without a taper then you may not go much faster(the dive is worth about 2 sec if you are timing from a push off in work out.)Some people actually go slower at meets because for a variety of reasons,primarily performance anxiety.
If you do high intensity workouts and taper even a little you may go much faster. I do high intensity workouts and generally drop 8-10 sec in 200M breaststroke between mid-season meets and taper meet.
