For some reason or another I have become and IMmer. Why I'm not exactly sure, I guess I like a challenge. I have always been a sprinter so this idea of there being a strategy to a race is new to me. I am however signed up for some 200 and 400 IMs at future meets. (I am able to handle these distances) But my question is what exactly should my race strategy be on a 200 IM? A 400 IM?
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This thread has some good pointers ... whoever said it was a 50 sprint of each stroke was nuts. I had no legs swimming it that way and I think am in pretty good shape and well conditioned.
If you kick too much on fly and back and are under too long it becomes detrimental. I had a coach tell me to breathe A LOT on the fly. Build the back and go like gang busters on the *** and free.
I found if I keep my fly smoothe, and build the back I'm in good shape. My legs were burning on the last 25 but it was the last 25 of a very long meet and I was able to keep pushing, wouldn't have been if it was the first 25 of ***.
I think 2 or 3 under water kicks on back and fly will be more than sufficient. And on ***, do what your lungs can handle. On free give it what ever is left ....
Good luck, I'll be swimming it at state, too. Though very slowly.
Look at all of Ande's advice, he's a phenomenal 200 IM swimmer ...
This thread has some good pointers ... whoever said it was a 50 sprint of each stroke was nuts. I had no legs swimming it that way and I think am in pretty good shape and well conditioned.
If you kick too much on fly and back and are under too long it becomes detrimental. I had a coach tell me to breathe A LOT on the fly. Build the back and go like gang busters on the *** and free.
I found if I keep my fly smoothe, and build the back I'm in good shape. My legs were burning on the last 25 but it was the last 25 of a very long meet and I was able to keep pushing, wouldn't have been if it was the first 25 of ***.
I think 2 or 3 under water kicks on back and fly will be more than sufficient. And on ***, do what your lungs can handle. On free give it what ever is left ....
Good luck, I'll be swimming it at state, too. Though very slowly.
Look at all of Ande's advice, he's a phenomenal 200 IM swimmer ...
