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.
Matt,
Good luck if you try this. You've probably already entered Nationals, but ... on the off chance you haven't yet and still want to go down this route of insanity, make sure your Friday events are light to non-existent, especially if you want to have a solid 500 on Saturday.
Also, don't ever listen to Kurt Dickson about back-to-back distance stuff; he's super-human and doesn't slow down ... more than that, he speeds up, especially on that last crucial 50 of any race. ;)
Matt,
Good luck if you try this. You've probably already entered Nationals, but ... on the off chance you haven't yet and still want to go down this route of insanity, make sure your Friday events are light to non-existent, especially if you want to have a solid 500 on Saturday.
Also, don't ever listen to Kurt Dickson about back-to-back distance stuff; he's super-human and doesn't slow down ... more than that, he speeds up, especially on that last crucial 50 of any race. ;)
