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
Parents
Former Member
Originally posted by GZoltners
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.
...
Swim fast,
Greg
I agree is a practice set, not a taper set. I didn't present it as a taper. I wrote "When this is mastered then is taper time".
Taper-wise I am confused: in the early to mid 90s, I would take two weeks of loafing in the pool, doing backstroke and not looking at the clock; eventually I would feel itchy, and come race time I would explode the pool; late 90s and now, it doesn't work for me this way anymore; last year my current coach tapered me well for Santa Clara Short Course Nationals; this year he is tapering me again, and I guess I will memorize his taper program.
Originally posted by GZoltners
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.
...
Swim fast,
Greg
I agree is a practice set, not a taper set. I didn't present it as a taper. I wrote "When this is mastered then is taper time".
Taper-wise I am confused: in the early to mid 90s, I would take two weeks of loafing in the pool, doing backstroke and not looking at the clock; eventually I would feel itchy, and come race time I would explode the pool; late 90s and now, it doesn't work for me this way anymore; last year my current coach tapered me well for Santa Clara Short Course Nationals; this year he is tapering me again, and I guess I will memorize his taper program.
