I am an amateur swimmer and have started swimming in the pool 2.5 years ago. I enjoy all strokes and swim IM. This last year i have trained hard and got to this time a week ago 2:41 200m im (25m pool). What would it take to catch ~ 2:25 ? What are the advanced techniques for an IM-er? I get a bit tired in the first 50m of butterfly and suffer a bit the backstroke exhaling part underwater.
LCM - 28.94/38.58/40.40/33.53 (2:21.45)
200 I.M. my strategy is always to take the fly out fast...but that is because my backstroke sucks! Also that time is from 2012, before I REALLY worked on my backstroke, and I haven't swam the 200 LCM since then!
In my experience, long course is a bit different animal than short course because of the extra turns. And maybe I'm a little skewed because my best IMs were as a backstroker.
If I'm remembering right, my best IM splits were something like:
SCY - 24.1/27.3/32.9/26.6
LCM - 28.5/32.0/39.5/30.8
LCM - 28.94/38.58/40.40/33.53 (2:21.45)
200 I.M. my strategy is always to take the fly out fast...but that is because my backstroke sucks! Also that time is from 2012, before I REALLY worked on my backstroke, and I haven't swam the 200 LCM since then!
In my experience, long course is a bit different animal than short course because of the extra turns. And maybe I'm a little skewed because my best IMs were as a backstroker.
If I'm remembering right, my best IM splits were something like:
SCY - 24.1/27.3/32.9/26.6
LCM - 28.5/32.0/39.5/30.8
