In high school, strategy was to go out as fast as possible, and hold on. (We did a lot of almost-race-pace training.) For the 500, my 100 splits were a bell curve (fastest at beginning, slower in middle, faster at end). At the last meet, my 500 was pretty much even splits for the 100s.
Now that I'm older, my strategies are:
1) Don't spaz out too much in the 50
2) For the mile, go out slow enough to delay (as much as possible) the "someone punched me in the gut" feeling
3) For the IM, survive the butterfly
:)
basic strategy: go out fast, come back faster.
don't breathe in the kill zone (between flags and wall)
50s: all out
100s: pour it on 2nd 50
200s: fast 50, moderate 100, fast 50 to finish
400s: let someone else swim them
I cannot stress the importance of good pacing enough...
The times i've seen people race of as fast as they can only to see sometimes as much as a reduction of 50%in speed by say 150m+.....get your pace.......win that race!!!!!!!!
Originally posted by sparx35 :I cannot stress the importance of good pacing enough...
I wish you had told me before The Isle of Wight swim last week! I led by 1/2 length in the 400 free until 315 meters when I died. I ended up last by 10 secs although I did manage 6.01
Paul
