I'm curious what my fellow slow twitchers do to train for the longest pool events. Of particular interest is input from those of you who also swam as a youth. With way less yardage that you used to do, what can be done to be able to survive a decent mile?
In my case, workouts are limited to an hour and there are usually 3+ per lane, so sets can't be dedicated just to my interests. However, the coaches are quite willing to do what they can for me.
I had a really unpleasant weekend where I raced a 1500 on Friday. I faded a bit and the struggle trying to maintain pace really drained me. In fact, I was really stiff and sore the next day (mainly my lats). I had to kill myself in the 800 on Sat. just to match my 800 split from the previous day. I was still stiff on Sunday.
Monday night, I finally felt recovered from that 1500. Coach had us do a 500 right after warmup. Since I was feeling pretty good, I pushed it, hard. My time in that practice 500 converts to a 400 SCM 5 seconds faster than what I did in the meet on Sunday. I don't know if that's encouraging or depressing. :lmao:
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:cheerleader: We'll see you there, ekw! Look for me in a black and blue Yingfa and a USMS cap, if you don't recognize me by the picture. I will introduce you to Swimosaur. If you look at my album on Greensboro Nationals, Swimosaur is the second photo from the left. And, I am the one in the "Forumite" t-shirt in the first photo.
I look forward to it. I'd tell you what kind of suit I'll have except that I am still trying to figure out what suits are like these days. Things have changed a bit in 15 years... :)
I might trek over your way for the GA Tech meet in December - it would be easy to combine with a family visit.
Me three!
:cheerleader: We'll see you there, ekw! Look for me in a black and blue Yingfa and a USMS cap, if you don't recognize me by the picture. I will introduce you to Swimosaur. If you look at my album on Greensboro Nationals, Swimosaur is the second photo from the left. And, I am the one in the "Forumite" t-shirt in the first photo.
I look forward to it. I'd tell you what kind of suit I'll have except that I am still trying to figure out what suits are like these days. Things have changed a bit in 15 years... :)
I might trek over your way for the GA Tech meet in December - it would be easy to combine with a family visit.
