Hi all, I am a relative beginner just started regular training. My aim is to get to 30' on 1500 m in a 50 m pool.
I have tried a straight 1500 m in a pool last evening, and got 35'9" with not much effort with average 52 spl without flip turns, which was about 49 - 50 near the beginning but 52 - 54 towards the end.
Last week I also tried a straight 2000 m in the same pool, and got 46'52", i.e. the exact same pace (2'21" / 100 m) as last evening, but with 50 - 52 spl at the beginning and 57 - 58 towards the end.
More swim statistics includes:
10 x 100m on 2'30" - average 2'5"
10 x 100m on 3' - average 2'0"
4 x 500m on 12'30" - 11'22", 11'25", 11'49", 11'56"
50m all out - 47" with about 53 strokes (race time is much faster because races start with a dive)
For comparison, my running race speed is 48'36" for 10 km on completely flat course, but any slope will tire me and slow me down immediately significantly.
Should I work to reduce stroke per length, or increase the effort (i.e. stroke rate) to see if I can reduce my time further?
Re: beginner swimmer - looking to improve 1500 m time
A straight 2k ? You won't get where you want to go training like that. Don't worry about 2k or 4x500. 10x100 is ok, 20x50, 40x25.... you need to work on technique and keep the repeats short. Resting between repeats is not a waste of time.
I was top 3 in the world for M40-44 in 2017 in the 1500 both Short Course and Long Course.
Tapering for Canadian Masters Nationals right now and had a really light session of 1300m with some 1500m pace work, specifically
8x75 @ 1:05 holding 49.5 or faster for all of them (use a tempo trainer in pace mode), that's 16.5/25m or 1:06/100m.
Learn about head and body position, build a good stroke and learn how to kick properly... you can't 2 beat kick with dorsiflexed ankles.
https://youtu.be/sjdgsJirhQY
My most recent 800m Free...
Re: beginner swimmer - looking to improve 1500 m time
A straight 2k ? You won't get where you want to go training like that. Don't worry about 2k or 4x500. 10x100 is ok, 20x50, 40x25.... you need to work on technique and keep the repeats short. Resting between repeats is not a waste of time.
I was top 3 in the world for M40-44 in 2017 in the 1500 both Short Course and Long Course.
Tapering for Canadian Masters Nationals right now and had a really light session of 1300m with some 1500m pace work, specifically
8x75 @ 1:05 holding 49.5 or faster for all of them (use a tempo trainer in pace mode), that's 16.5/25m or 1:06/100m.
Learn about head and body position, build a good stroke and learn how to kick properly... you can't 2 beat kick with dorsiflexed ankles.
https://youtu.be/sjdgsJirhQY
My most recent 800m Free...
