These are my chosen race events for World's, August 3-9:
800fr, 400IM, 50Br, 200Br, 200Fly, any/all relays when possible
At Nationals, August 13-17, I'll be racing:
200Fly, 400IM, 200Br, any/all relays when possible
In between Worlds and Nats, we will be visiting Quebec City and have access to a community pool just a couple of blocks away from our apartment.
Question: How do I train/ taper for these meets???
I currently train with my coach/training partner on Tuesdays & Thursdays, and our yardage totals 4,000 each workout. The emphasis of our workouts is for 400 IM and longer races, although we do some sprints each workout.
On Mondays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays my yardage total is 2,500. Mondays and Saturdays are my sprint-focused days, and I take Wednesdays off.
Although I will only be racing three individual events at Nationals, I would like for that to be my taper meet.
How should I manage my yardage before World's and during the break before Nationals? Although I would like for Nationals to be my taper meet, I want to feel rested and do well at Worlds (relative to my own times, that is).
Thanks for any advice you can offer! :agree:
Suggestion - Why repeat events in the Worlds and Nationals? Why not do the 800, 400im, 100fly or 200im, (all relays), 200fly in the Worlds and the 50br, 100br, 200br and all relays in the Nationals. This way you will be able to hold the taper between Worlds and Nationals and concentrate the taper between the Worlds and Nationals solely on the *** stoke. (It is easier to hold a taper for shorter events)
Thanks for the suggestion; however, after thinking through the various scenarios, I settled on what I really want to race at each meet.
One (major) factor that comes into play here is injury avoidance. It's best for my hip joints and adductor muscles if I DON'T concentrate on breaststroke. This is where I run into trouble (injuries).
To put it into perspective, my body feels better after a 4,000 yard workout that is IM-focused (mixed kick, drill, swim IM sets) with relatively little yardage of full breaststroke or breaststroke kick than it does after a sprint day that includes this set: 10x100 @ 2:45- 25yd AFAP breaststroke/75 EZ free.
Besides, I know I will want two cracks at trying to improve my time on the 200 fly and 400 IM. I still have so much room to improve on those events whereas my breaststroke times have fallen off (due to physical issues/ training limitations) and just frustrate me.
Suggestion - Why repeat events in the Worlds and Nationals? Why not do the 800, 400im, 100fly or 200im, (all relays), 200fly in the Worlds and the 50br, 100br, 200br and all relays in the Nationals. This way you will be able to hold the taper between Worlds and Nationals and concentrate the taper between the Worlds and Nationals solely on the *** stoke. (It is easier to hold a taper for shorter events)
Thanks for the suggestion; however, after thinking through the various scenarios, I settled on what I really want to race at each meet.
One (major) factor that comes into play here is injury avoidance. It's best for my hip joints and adductor muscles if I DON'T concentrate on breaststroke. This is where I run into trouble (injuries).
To put it into perspective, my body feels better after a 4,000 yard workout that is IM-focused (mixed kick, drill, swim IM sets) with relatively little yardage of full breaststroke or breaststroke kick than it does after a sprint day that includes this set: 10x100 @ 2:45- 25yd AFAP breaststroke/75 EZ free.
Besides, I know I will want two cracks at trying to improve my time on the 200 fly and 400 IM. I still have so much room to improve on those events whereas my breaststroke times have fallen off (due to physical issues/ training limitations) and just frustrate me.
