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mile Swim SCY - what is your headset

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Looking for some new ideas for my upcoming mile swim on Nov 22 for time. I have put in the yardage. Form is solid. I a middle distance guy who swims better mid to later in a practice. Not a sprinter nor distance guy What should I be thinking about during the swim?
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  • Rob wrote: > 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 ... 63 - 64 - 65 - 66 which reminds me of a broken 1650 we used to do on the Northwestern masters team a few years ago. 275 (11 lengths), rest 5, 250 (10 lengths), rest 5, 225 (9), rest 5, ... 100 (etc), rest 5, 75, rest 5, 50, rest 5, 25 You measure your time, then subtract 50 seconds to get your 1650 time. I like the idea of counting down instead of up. :D
  • which reminds me of a broken 1650 we used to do on the Northwestern masters team a few years ago. 275 (11 lengths), rest 5, 250 (10 lengths), rest 5, 225 (9), rest 5, ... 100 (etc), rest 5, 75, rest 5, 50, rest 5, 25 You measure your time, then subtract 50 seconds to get your 1650 time. I love that idea and am totally "borrowing" it for a HVT broken mile set.
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  • What should I be thinking about during the swim?Stroke count, kick and breathing. Stroke count: After the first 100, settle into a consistent stroke count per lap for the next 900 ... allow yourself 1 extra stroke per lap (SPL) on the next 300/400 and then 1 more SPL for the last 300 or so. Kick: Keep the legs light and connected to your hip rotation for the first 1200-1350, then gradually build to a 6 beat kick by the finish. Breathing: breathe early and breathe often.
  • 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 17 - 18 - 19 - 20 - 21 - 22 - 23 - 24 - 25 - 26 - 27 - 28 - 29 - 30 - 31 - 32 - 33 - 34 - 35 - 36 - 37 - 38 - 39 - 40 - 41 - 42 - 43 - 44 - 45 - 46 - 47 - 48 - 49 - 50 - 51 - 52 - 53 - 54 - 55 - 56 - 57 - 58 - 59 - 60 - 61 - 62 - 63 - 64 - 65 - 66 Stroke count: After the first 100, settle into a consistent stroke count per lap for the next 900 ... allow yourself 1 extra stroke per lap (SPL) on the next 300/400 and then 1 more SPL for the last 300 or so. So apparently it involves a lot of counting, possibly to distract you from the growing agony. WHO SAYS distance swimming is boring?
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    I love that idea and am totally "borrowing" it for a HVT broken mile set. I've seen that called the Davis mile, with 10 seconds rest rather than 5. Yes, here is where I saw that: www.usmsswimmer.com/.../distancetraining.php (It was going to drive me nuts if I didn't find the citation... :))
  • What should I be thinking about during the swim?Stroke count, kick and breathing. Stroke count: After the first 100, settle into a consistent stroke count per lap for the next 900 ... allow yourself 1 extra stroke per lap (SPL) on the next 300/400 and then 1 more SPL for the last 300 or so. Kick: Keep the legs light and connected to your hip rotation for the first 1200-1350, then gradually build to a 6 beat kick by the finish. Breathing: breathe early and breathe often.
  • Stroke count, kick and breathing.And turns – focus on clean efficient turns; work it off each wall with a tight streamline, then smoothly transition into your stroke.