I'm just wondering if anyone can explain the trade-offs and considerations when deciding the number of repeats and amount of rest for a race pace set? If one is training for, say, a 200m race and want to do a set like:
N x 50 on interval I
how do you decide on appropriate N and I? How does the training effect differ if you do more repeats with more rest versus fewer repeats with shorter rest? Are there any guidelines relating the target race distance to an appropriate total distance in the set?
Another way of phrasing the question is: if I determine that I can currently complete N repeats on a time interval I, as I get better how do I decide whether to do more repeats or to take less rest?
Thanks,
Lindsay
I agree with the tips on pace to evaluate conditioning.I read once that a good set for improving 200 speed is 100s with twice as much rest as swim.I do this once a week trying to pace at my goal time as the second 100 of the 200.I find this helps both conditioning & pace but I can only do a few before lactic acid messes up my technique & then I do stroke drills.
I agree with the tips on pace to evaluate conditioning.I read once that a good set for improving 200 speed is 100s with twice as much rest as swim.I do this once a week trying to pace at my goal time as the second 100 of the 200.I find this helps both conditioning & pace but I can only do a few before lactic acid messes up my technique & then I do stroke drills.
