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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Ion,
2x2:25+1:10 = 6:00, not going to happen for a guy that goes 6:01!
I'm sure Tom Dolan could have done a similar set in practice and added up to only a few seconds slower than his fast 500, but us mortals need some rest to hit that race pace consistently. Yes, it can be on very low rest, but that is more of a practice set, not for tapering. A friend of mine who did 4:35, went 100s on 1:30 during taper, I think 6 or 8 of them.
Swim fast,
Greg
Ion,
2x2:25+1:10 = 6:00, not going to happen for a guy that goes 6:01!
I'm sure Tom Dolan could have done a similar set in practice and added up to only a few seconds slower than his fast 500, but us mortals need some rest to hit that race pace consistently. Yes, it can be on very low rest, but that is more of a practice set, not for tapering. A friend of mine who did 4:35, went 100s on 1:30 during taper, I think 6 or 8 of them.
Swim fast,
Greg
