I had my first swim meet in 10 years this past Sat 10/30. I can honestly say I'm in love with swimming again, it feels awesome to get my fitness back for swimming competitvely, I'd only been training for 2 weeks prior to the meet and here are my results.
50m fly = 32.??
100m free = 1:05.??
200m free = 2:30.??
400m free = 5:50.??
Sorry about the ??, my times are at home and I'm writing from work.
My endurance still needs lots of work, but I'm really please with my times with only a couple weeks of training. I'm not trying to brag I'm just excited and the people I work with don't really understand, they think I'm the wierd-o that wears a speedo.
Originally posted by Swimmerguy
I am in about the same situation. I am 29 and my HS times were 50yd free 22.2 but I can't seem to find any way to pace myself. In an all out sprint it is not an option but me 100yd free time was 54.5
Yes, with a 22 in the 50 you should be able to swim a 100 under 50 seconds. What kind of 50 split did you have? I'd say you should shoot for, say, a 23 then a 26 for a 49. I you're having trouble coming back in that last 50 you might want to do more middle distance aerobic type conditioning.
Just for a comparison Ian Crocker split 22.17 24.08 to set the 100 SCM free record at 2004 NCAA's.
Originally posted by Swimmerguy
I am in about the same situation. I am 29 and my HS times were 50yd free 22.2 but I can't seem to find any way to pace myself. In an all out sprint it is not an option but me 100yd free time was 54.5
Yes, with a 22 in the 50 you should be able to swim a 100 under 50 seconds. What kind of 50 split did you have? I'd say you should shoot for, say, a 23 then a 26 for a 49. I you're having trouble coming back in that last 50 you might want to do more middle distance aerobic type conditioning.
Just for a comparison Ian Crocker split 22.17 24.08 to set the 100 SCM free record at 2004 NCAA's.
