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?
Thanks!
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 ...
Swam the 200 IM again last weekend and had a much better race. I took the fly out a lot easier than I did a month ago, and what do you know I actually had energy still in breaststroke. My legs were burning on the free but I was still able to pick it up. It was a great race, still not fast (or anywhere near fast), but dramactically improved for me ... a 17 second drop. A couple more meets with 17 second drops and it'll be fast. ha
I love this race now, it's one of my favorites.
It's still that dang breaststroke leg that kills me. I was ahead of the girl in the lane next to me until that leg and couldn't catch her on the free leg, though I made a valiant effort.
I signed up to do a 200 IM at the Illinis state meet. I haven't swam it in a long time. I've been doing Mel's workout on this site. they've helped me with the event so far. It just burns my old asthmatic lungs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My biggest problem is knowing when to stop kicking underwater during the transitions. On a 100 IM, I start with 12 underwater kick for fly. What about 200IM? Should ther be fewer? and the same with ***?
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 ...
