200 IM and 400 IM

shucks there's plenty of people way better than me I swim another 200 IM in 20 days When I sat there and played with splits on paper It all seemed easy and doable. BUT I forgot about the AGONY FACTOR I didn't take it easy on the fly and the back I kicked too much and swam too hard on the back stroke. I didn't have much left for the *** and the free. I hope to swim a smarter race and be much faster on the *** and free We'll see. Ande Originally posted by SwiminONandON 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 ...

shucks there's plenty of people way better than me I swim another 200 IM in 20 days When I sat there and played with splits on paper It all seemed easy and doable. BUT I forgot about the AGONY FACTOR I didn't take it easy on the fly and the back I kicked too much and swam too hard on the back stroke. I didn't have much left for the *** and the free. I hope to swim a smarter race and be much faster on the *** and free We'll see. Ande Originally posted by SwiminONandON 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 ...