The IM Lane

Ande started several excellent "...Lane" threads; however, this one was missing. Two of my favorite non-core events are the 200 fly and 400 IM, and my goal is to improve my times for both of them. (At this point, I'm better at the 400 IM.) What are your favorite sets to train for IM races? Laurie Hug has excellent workouts in the "Stroke and IM Workouts" thread, and this is one of my favorites (posted on January 12): WORKOUT #2 W/U: 2-1-2-1-2 (200 dr/sw, 100k, 200p, 100k, 200 im dr/sw) (800) PS: 16 x 75: 1-4 on 1:15 or 1:25 or 1:35 or R10s: IM order 5-8 on 1:10 or 1:20 or 1:30 or R10s: 50 IM order/25 free 9-12 on 1:05 or 1:15 or 1:25 or R10s: 25 IM order/50 free 13-16 on 1:00 or 1:10 or 1:15 or R10s: free (1200) MS: 1 x 1000 (800 – skip last 200) done as: 200: alt 25 fast fly/25 easy free 200: alt 50 fast bk/50 easy free 200: 100 fast br/100 easy free 200: IM: 25 drill/25 fast 200: easy free 8 (or 6 – skip the last 2) x 100 on 1:30 or 1:45 or 2:00 Odds=Fast IMO or prime working the turns and finish Evens=Easy free descending stroke count by 25 (1400-1800) CD: 200-400 done as 50 ch dr/50 ch/50 fr dr/50 fr (2x) Total: 3600-4200 Today, I swam it as 3,600 and then added Karl's 4x50 fly set (after the warm up) and some extra kicking (at the end before cool down) to round it out to 4,000 yards. This workout kicks my:mooning:, but I am determined kick it back! :cheerleader: Please join in on this thread if you're like me and love ALL of the strokes! :banana: