I have another question for all of you wise swimmers. I see the saying"to swim fast in a meet you need to swim fast in practice" or something like that. So, do I need to be swimming at race pace for each set that I do? Should I just make sure that I am swimming at say 80 or 90%? I'm not sure. I would have thought it would depend on the workout but what do I know? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks and hope you are having a good weekend!
... race pace ... should be the central theme to the majority of workouts in the main part of your training cycle ... race pace doesn't mean AFAP, it means the speed you want to swim the race. Good sets to do this are either broken swims or 1/2 the distance swims (a set of 50s at 100 pace etc.)
I've been doing a lot of that this year, and it's paid off, particularly for my 200s. When choosing a set, I like to ask myself, "What am I training for?" I do a lot of 4 x 50s back at 200 race pace, and N x 100 free at 500 or 1650 pace. I'm splitting my races better & swimming better times.
One frustration I have when reading workouts written by others: I can easily tell WHAT the set is, but it is often hard or impossible to puzzle out the WHY of it. "What are you training for?" If I can't figure out WHY I should do a certain set or workout, I usually don't do it.
... race pace ... should be the central theme to the majority of workouts in the main part of your training cycle ... race pace doesn't mean AFAP, it means the speed you want to swim the race. Good sets to do this are either broken swims or 1/2 the distance swims (a set of 50s at 100 pace etc.)
I've been doing a lot of that this year, and it's paid off, particularly for my 200s. When choosing a set, I like to ask myself, "What am I training for?" I do a lot of 4 x 50s back at 200 race pace, and N x 100 free at 500 or 1650 pace. I'm splitting my races better & swimming better times.
One frustration I have when reading workouts written by others: I can easily tell WHAT the set is, but it is often hard or impossible to puzzle out the WHY of it. "What are you training for?" If I can't figure out WHY I should do a certain set or workout, I usually don't do it.
