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?
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My prediction on this one is that practice & meet times will be similar. I think that my workload is less (swimming 3-4 x week) than in the past and so it seems like I'd be able to swim faster at any given moment. So my guess is that the race/competition factor as well as any potential taper may not provide as much cushion as I'm used to.
Basing this on recently easily holding :28 on a few 50's, which seems faster than I would expect. I'm guessing with less training, less feeling of competition at meets and no chance to work starts/turns that meet times will be only slightly faster.
It really is fascinating-makes me wonder if my years of just putting in crazy yardage were really not working "smart."
My prediction on this one is that practice & meet times will be similar. I think that my workload is less (swimming 3-4 x week) than in the past and so it seems like I'd be able to swim faster at any given moment. So my guess is that the race/competition factor as well as any potential taper may not provide as much cushion as I'm used to.
Basing this on recently easily holding :28 on a few 50's, which seems faster than I would expect. I'm guessing with less training, less feeling of competition at meets and no chance to work starts/turns that meet times will be only slightly faster.
It really is fascinating-makes me wonder if my years of just putting in crazy yardage were really not working "smart."
