I have a meet coming up the first weekend in May. I want to break 6:00 in the 500; first time since college.
In Oct I went 6:01+. I feel good now, but if you have suggestions on how to finish/taper the work outs until
then I'd really appreciate it.
I'm a 49 year old male, can swim 4x a week for about an hour.
Thanks,
Fisch
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Three weeks to go. Time for a little less quantity and a little less quality.
Try to groove in 1:10-1:11 so you can do it anywhere, anyhow, any amount of tired. Know what it feels like. Do some boring old sets of 100s on 1:20-2:00, holding that pace spot on. Try
5x100 on 1:20
or
10x100 on 1:30
or
15x100 on 1:45
Sounds easy, but hold that pace!
Your volume here depends on how much you've been doing all along, obviously. You could try 2x4x100 on 1:20 or only 3x100 on 1:20. Just try to peg 1:10 when the lactic acid hits.
Make sure you get a rest day or 2 this week, and 2-3 the next 2 weeks. Start doing your meet warmup every day to fine tune it.
Swim fast,
Greg
Three weeks to go. Time for a little less quantity and a little less quality.
Try to groove in 1:10-1:11 so you can do it anywhere, anyhow, any amount of tired. Know what it feels like. Do some boring old sets of 100s on 1:20-2:00, holding that pace spot on. Try
5x100 on 1:20
or
10x100 on 1:30
or
15x100 on 1:45
Sounds easy, but hold that pace!
Your volume here depends on how much you've been doing all along, obviously. You could try 2x4x100 on 1:20 or only 3x100 on 1:20. Just try to peg 1:10 when the lactic acid hits.
Make sure you get a rest day or 2 this week, and 2-3 the next 2 weeks. Start doing your meet warmup every day to fine tune it.
Swim fast,
Greg
