please bear with me while I brag!
Let me remind you .... 2 months ago, in a LCM meet (and my first meet ever) I was doing 1:58 in 100 free!!!! I just started swimming, just over 3 months ago, first time ever, at the age of 34.
This afternoon at the workout the coach had us doing 4x100, on 4 minutes, no holding back race sets. (SCM pool)
I did 1:27, 1:30, 1:33 and 1:31 :)
The coach was very very pleasantly surprised... I was so surprised I thought he was reading off someone else's time!
Earlier in the workout he commented how my stroke is looking really good. Couple other teammates commented on my stroke looking good in last couple of weeks as well...
I'm vevy vevy excited... I think I feel a touchdown dance coming on... ;)
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Sparx,
The stroke count on freestyle is tallied every time your hand enters the water. (Not every cycle.) Your stroke count is therefore still at 25, which can most likely be improved over time. I have gotten mine down as low as eleven because of a nice streamline off the walls. It also helps to be tall. At cruising pace my hundred yard repeats are right around a minute per hundred. But when it comes time to crank the arms faster, the stroke count increases by about 20 percent.
The key to fast swimming is in maintaining that distance per stroke when the engine (torso and arms) increases in turnover. The fastest land animal on the planet (the cheetah) gathers its speed with loooong strides. The same holds true with swimmers.
Sparx,
The stroke count on freestyle is tallied every time your hand enters the water. (Not every cycle.) Your stroke count is therefore still at 25, which can most likely be improved over time. I have gotten mine down as low as eleven because of a nice streamline off the walls. It also helps to be tall. At cruising pace my hundred yard repeats are right around a minute per hundred. But when it comes time to crank the arms faster, the stroke count increases by about 20 percent.
The key to fast swimming is in maintaining that distance per stroke when the engine (torso and arms) increases in turnover. The fastest land animal on the planet (the cheetah) gathers its speed with loooong strides. The same holds true with swimmers.
