If these are done by the 50 on say :10 rest is there any way to glean a range of potential 200 times? Today at the behest of coach I did the 200 stuff he wants me to look into. Do you add x amount of time to the broken times to get a guesstimate or is that just wildly inaccurate?
I ask by my 200 time off the wall in um, not very good. But after doing these 50's, which is what my focus is in the 50/100, it looks more hopeful.
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For me the broken 200 has always been an accurate predictor of my actual 200 time in the pool. I do them with 10 secs rest but if there is a coach on deck the best way to get your accurate broken time would be to have the coach start his watch when your feet leave the wall and also do a flip turn after each 50 and stop the watch on your feet - repeat for all four 50's. I am usually within a half second of my broken time in a race. This way you eliminate any chance of leaving early or late during the rest phases.
Ok thanks that is great info. I believe I know why my current 200 time is so far off what the broken sets show and that is probably due to lack of endurance. Maybe not? But a 200 the past couple of years has meant a super easy cool down swim:) The best 200 I have ever clocked is a 2:25, but my broken time was so much faster that I was having trouble seeing the value in it. As in my broken 200 time was 19 seconds faster. I just have a lonnnng way to go transitioning from 100 fitness to 200 fitness which makes sense. If you by chance have any workouts you think might help aid me in that endurance building I'd be grateful. I trust my coach and am going to do what he says, but in the spirit of learning it would be great to read what others are doing. Thanks again.
For me the broken 200 has always been an accurate predictor of my actual 200 time in the pool. I do them with 10 secs rest but if there is a coach on deck the best way to get your accurate broken time would be to have the coach start his watch when your feet leave the wall and also do a flip turn after each 50 and stop the watch on your feet - repeat for all four 50's. I am usually within a half second of my broken time in a race. This way you eliminate any chance of leaving early or late during the rest phases.
Ok thanks that is great info. I believe I know why my current 200 time is so far off what the broken sets show and that is probably due to lack of endurance. Maybe not? But a 200 the past couple of years has meant a super easy cool down swim:) The best 200 I have ever clocked is a 2:25, but my broken time was so much faster that I was having trouble seeing the value in it. As in my broken 200 time was 19 seconds faster. I just have a lonnnng way to go transitioning from 100 fitness to 200 fitness which makes sense. If you by chance have any workouts you think might help aid me in that endurance building I'd be grateful. I trust my coach and am going to do what he says, but in the spirit of learning it would be great to read what others are doing. Thanks again.
