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.
You're probably right. I'm notorious for holding back too much.
It took me a while to figure out how to swim the 800/1000 too. I would always take it out like the 1500/1650 and, like you, my split on the longer event was always about the same as my 800/1000 time, perhaps a few seconds slower. I'm getting better at pacing those events now though. They're quite a bit shorter, so it's OK to be quite a bit more aggressive. Even if you fade, you can usually hold onto a good pace and the pain doesn't last anywhere near as long as when taking out the mile too fast!!!
You're probably right. I'm notorious for holding back too much.
It took me a while to figure out how to swim the 800/1000 too. I would always take it out like the 1500/1650 and, like you, my split on the longer event was always about the same as my 800/1000 time, perhaps a few seconds slower. I'm getting better at pacing those events now though. They're quite a bit shorter, so it's OK to be quite a bit more aggressive. Even if you fade, you can usually hold onto a good pace and the pain doesn't last anywhere near as long as when taking out the mile too fast!!!
