Okay... I know, this is perhaps a little bit of a tongue in cheek question...
So often I hear people complaining about not enough 'distance' swims in zone and national meets, or meets in general.
Just having been involved in organizing my firat more serious swim meet I have to ask... Almost noone, or very few people want to swim the 200 fly, or 200 Brast or 200 back?
Is that not 'distance enough?'
I just got a zone meet medal in 200 back, not because I'm fast, but because noone wants to swim it.
How about some real endurance testing events like 400 or 800 Fly? 800 IM? How about a postal 800 IM?
Or 30 minute stroke check off challenge? One for each stroke, rather than just freestyle?
Okay, now that I tossed this out there, I think I'm gonna duck and run. ;)
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Is 1500 free easier than 200 Fly?
I think for most people that only started swimming as adults completing a 1500 free is a lot easier than completing a 200 fly.
I suspect that many of us who took up swimming later in life are blissfully unaware of how slow our 1500 times are, most of the "real" 1500 swimmers don't do it anymore so we mostly compare ourselves to the triathletes, many of whom suffer from poor technique, thereby making us look good... :) When we swim in the shorter events and non-free events we are usually swimming against former age-group swimmers and it's all too obvious how slow we are!
Is 1500 free easier than 200 Fly?
I think for most people that only started swimming as adults completing a 1500 free is a lot easier than completing a 200 fly.
I suspect that many of us who took up swimming later in life are blissfully unaware of how slow our 1500 times are, most of the "real" 1500 swimmers don't do it anymore so we mostly compare ourselves to the triathletes, many of whom suffer from poor technique, thereby making us look good... :) When we swim in the shorter events and non-free events we are usually swimming against former age-group swimmers and it's all too obvious how slow we are!
