I am hoping to drop some time this summer by joining a summer swim program, which by the way...if anyone knows of good programs I'm still looking :) , but hopefully in Texas. Overall I need my times to go down about 30 to 40 seconds but I realize that is not going to happen in one summer. How much is a realistic goal to drop in one summer? I was hoping that maybe 10 to 20 seconds would be nice, or is that too much? Thanx a bunch!!!
~Kyra
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I think 30 to 40 sec. would be impossible to drop so quick, unless you JUST started swimming which I know you did quite some time ago.I started swimming in August and since then went from a 1:50 100 meter free to 1:06-1:08 now, but the more I progress the harder it is to get even better.
10 to 20 sec. drop could happen but still that is quite a lot of time.I think to do that you need to dramatically improve your technique, that is probably the main thing .And of course a lot of consistent training would help too...
What are your times by the way?And your splits...It could be that you are not slow first but your endurance does not let you get a good time... which leads me to think that by improving your endurance you could see some improvement, too.
I think 30 to 40 sec. would be impossible to drop so quick, unless you JUST started swimming which I know you did quite some time ago.I started swimming in August and since then went from a 1:50 100 meter free to 1:06-1:08 now, but the more I progress the harder it is to get even better.
10 to 20 sec. drop could happen but still that is quite a lot of time.I think to do that you need to dramatically improve your technique, that is probably the main thing .And of course a lot of consistent training would help too...
What are your times by the way?And your splits...It could be that you are not slow first but your endurance does not let you get a good time... which leads me to think that by improving your endurance you could see some improvement, too.
