Fast times in Hawaii: what are yours and how you plan on training?

So far I am the only one in this thread who is publicly trying here to find psych-up ways for the meet in Hawaii. I didn't swim a fast workout yesterday, and I want to boost my preparation. Yesterday's workout in a 25 yards pool had this main set ("total base" here refers to the "base" time multiplied by the total distance): 3 x 200 in "total base" minus 5 (for me is leaving every 2:25); 4 x 50 easy; 2 x 300 in "total base" minus 10 (for me is leaving every 3:35); 4 x 50 kick; 4 x 100 in "base" minus 5, that I re-negotiated at "base" (1:15); 4 x 50, two fast, two easy; 2 x 300 in "total base" minus 5, that I re-negotiated at "base" (for me leaving every 3:45); 4 x 50 easy. In November and December I would have fought better than yesterday, so I analyzed the differences between then and January, February, past April in an internal minor competition, resting for the 1-hour swim this January, etc.. I think these three ingredients make up for a good meet preparation: 1) physically train the body at a level to be expected in competition; for this ensure the body is rested everyday; also I need to make sure I am not doing anylonger tapering for a competition, by swimming another stroke (backstroke) than the one I will be racing in (freestyle), because I am losing the feel for the stroke; for active rests I should keep doing freestyle, just slower; 2) mentally envision the feel for a fluid swim, like in a personally groundbreaking adventure; mentally be prepared to auction more and more efforts from the body, including hurting; make sure external concerns like work don't cloud this; 3) be able to raise the heart rate; don't back off from high rates by being scared in the middle of a swim. Who knows what's going to be, and in fact that's the thrill of this adventure of competing...

So far I am the only one in this thread who is publicly trying here to find psych-up ways for the meet in Hawaii. I didn't swim a fast workout yesterday, and I want to boost my preparation. Yesterday's workout in a 25 yards pool had this main set ("total base" here refers to the "base" time multiplied by the total distance): 3 x 200 in "total base" minus 5 (for me is leaving every 2:25); 4 x 50 easy; 2 x 300 in "total base" minus 10 (for me is leaving every 3:35); 4 x 50 kick; 4 x 100 in "base" minus 5, that I re-negotiated at "base" (1:15); 4 x 50, two fast, two easy; 2 x 300 in "total base" minus 5, that I re-negotiated at "base" (for me leaving every 3:45); 4 x 50 easy. In November and December I would have fought better than yesterday, so I analyzed the differences between then and January, February, past April in an internal minor competition, resting for the 1-hour swim this January, etc.. I think these three ingredients make up for a good meet preparation: 1) physically train the body at a level to be expected in competition; for this ensure the body is rested everyday; also I need to make sure I am not doing anylonger tapering for a competition, by swimming another stroke (backstroke) than the one I will be racing in (freestyle), because I am losing the feel for the stroke; for active rests I should keep doing freestyle, just slower; 2) mentally envision the feel for a fluid swim, like in a personally groundbreaking adventure; mentally be prepared to auction more and more efforts from the body, including hurting; make sure external concerns like work don't cloud this; 3) be able to raise the heart rate; don't back off from high rates by being scared in the middle of a swim. Who knows what's going to be, and in fact that's the thrill of this adventure of competing...