I would like some input from people who have actually swum the 1000 & 1650 on the same day in a meet. It looks like there are people out there who do it seemingly successfully (by looking at their times) but I wonder if they regretted this decision a bit. Or trained specifically with that intent. The only thing I could think of to prep for this might be doubles in the pool once or twice a week. Or were they able to successfully nap between the events. See, I'd like to swim the 1000 at Nats but I'm basically shot to high heaven after that event anyways. I just barely meet the Qualifying time in both for my age group, so that's not a deterrent. So, I'm considering potentially "stupid" things. And I can't decide whether I should be talked into or out of doing both. What do you have for me? Advice? Warnings to heed? Help me fully inform my decision.
I've done it 6 times now. The easiest has clearly been when I did it for the 2012 nationals, although I was exhausted after the 1650. In that instance I did my best ever time for each of the events. There was plenty of break between them to recover.
Now the other 5 times I've done it, I've had less than an hour between the two events, with the 1650 being first and then the 1000. In each of these, the 1000 has been worse than by 1000 split in the 1650. So there has been some effect.
In the end, I'd say you'll be fine to do both at Greensboro. There will be plenty of time to rest between events.
I've done it 6 times now. The easiest has clearly been when I did it for the 2012 nationals, although I was exhausted after the 1650. In that instance I did my best ever time for each of the events. There was plenty of break between them to recover.
Now the other 5 times I've done it, I've had less than an hour between the two events, with the 1650 being first and then the 1000. In each of these, the 1000 has been worse than by 1000 split in the 1650. So there has been some effect.
In the end, I'd say you'll be fine to do both at Greensboro. There will be plenty of time to rest between events.
