best 1500m free times

Hi MV, Bilateral breathing is emphasized, just because you are more likely to have a balanced stroke than if you breathe to one side only. (The latter is bad, because you will tend to speed up on your strong side, and slow down on your weak side. Water friction penalizes that type of motion.) So if you *can* breath bi-laterally, then that no longer becomes the issue. The question is, do you want to breathe every 2 strokes, 3, 4? Which side is the competition that you are watching? Oxygen debt and 1500 should never be used in the same sentence! :cool: For 500 yards and over, there will be cards (provided by the meet organizers) to keep track of the number of lengths that you swim. Now, you just need someone on your team willing to do the counting for you! (The cards are odd numbers only, and are inserted in the water before your flipturn. There are a set of bright orange cards that are used with 1 length to go, to wake you up.)

Hi MV, Bilateral breathing is emphasized, just because you are more likely to have a balanced stroke than if you breathe to one side only. (The latter is bad, because you will tend to speed up on your strong side, and slow down on your weak side. Water friction penalizes that type of motion.) So if you *can* breath bi-laterally, then that no longer becomes the issue. The question is, do you want to breathe every 2 strokes, 3, 4? Which side is the competition that you are watching? Oxygen debt and 1500 should never be used in the same sentence! :cool: For 500 yards and over, there will be cards (provided by the meet organizers) to keep track of the number of lengths that you swim. Now, you just need someone on your team willing to do the counting for you! (The cards are odd numbers only, and are inserted in the water before your flipturn. There are a set of bright orange cards that are used with 1 length to go, to wake you up.)