2005 Long Course Masters National Championships

Originally posted by ande thank you his results were Event 13 Men 60-64 100 LC Meter Freestyle 60-64 WORLD: W 1:00.11 8/11/1998 JEFF FARRELL, USA 60-64 NATL: N 1:00.11 8/15/1998 JEFF FARRELL 1 Abrahams, Richard T 60 CMS 58.61W 26.90 58.61 (31.71) if he'd broken the 100 record by as much as his new 50 record he would have been a second or so faster. if you study his splits you'll see he faded pretty significantly on the 2nd 50. 26.90 31.71; 31.71 - 26.90 = 4.81 I believe Rich would greatly benefit by keeping the first and second 50 with in 2 - 3 seconds of each other. If he were my swimmer I'd ask him to go out easier on the first 50, keep it long smooth and relaxed, save his legs, then concentrate on building the 2nd 50. I wouldn't want him to go all out till the last 15 or 20 meters Perhaps split it something like 27.9 29.9 I'm convinced what ever time he'd give up on the first 50 he'd more than gain on the second. he should have an impressive 50 fly Ande I disagree. I've seen Rich's results, and it doesn't look like he trains for the 100. Mr. Abrahams is a 50 specialist, so the first 50 of his 100 free should be about one second slower than his best 50. After that, he just has to hold on. Either he has the endurance to post a decent back half, or he doesn't. I had an experience this spring where I tried to "hold back" on the first half of my 100 yard free, having trained exclusively for the 50. At the same meet, I went 22.33 in the 50 free. I took out my hundred in 24.12, and the result was that I was grooved into a sluggish stroke rate, and on top of that I faded just like I would have with a more aggressive strategy. I split a terrible 27.98 on the back half for a 52.10, nearly three seconds off my best time. A month later, I swam the first long course meet of the season, still in very poor shape to put up a decent 100. I swam 25.90 in the 50, but did my 100 more aggressively than before. I took it out in 26.8, and although I got passed by everyone in my heat, I managed to hold on for a 58.54. Very similar to Richard Abrahams at Masters Nationals, and I think the optimal strategy in the 100 freestyle.

Originally posted by ande thank you his results were Event 13 Men 60-64 100 LC Meter Freestyle 60-64 WORLD: W 1:00.11 8/11/1998 JEFF FARRELL, USA 60-64 NATL: N 1:00.11 8/15/1998 JEFF FARRELL 1 Abrahams, Richard T 60 CMS 58.61W 26.90 58.61 (31.71) if he'd broken the 100 record by as much as his new 50 record he would have been a second or so faster. if you study his splits you'll see he faded pretty significantly on the 2nd 50. 26.90 31.71; 31.71 - 26.90 = 4.81 I believe Rich would greatly benefit by keeping the first and second 50 with in 2 - 3 seconds of each other. If he were my swimmer I'd ask him to go out easier on the first 50, keep it long smooth and relaxed, save his legs, then concentrate on building the 2nd 50. I wouldn't want him to go all out till the last 15 or 20 meters Perhaps split it something like 27.9 29.9 I'm convinced what ever time he'd give up on the first 50 he'd more than gain on the second. he should have an impressive 50 fly Ande I disagree. I've seen Rich's results, and it doesn't look like he trains for the 100. Mr. Abrahams is a 50 specialist, so the first 50 of his 100 free should be about one second slower than his best 50. After that, he just has to hold on. Either he has the endurance to post a decent back half, or he doesn't. I had an experience this spring where I tried to "hold back" on the first half of my 100 yard free, having trained exclusively for the 50. At the same meet, I went 22.33 in the 50 free. I took out my hundred in 24.12, and the result was that I was grooved into a sluggish stroke rate, and on top of that I faded just like I would have with a more aggressive strategy. I split a terrible 27.98 on the back half for a 52.10, nearly three seconds off my best time. A month later, I swam the first long course meet of the season, still in very poor shape to put up a decent 100. I swam 25.90 in the 50, but did my 100 more aggressively than before. I took it out in 26.8, and although I got passed by everyone in my heat, I managed to hold on for a 58.54. Very similar to Richard Abrahams at Masters Nationals, and I think the optimal strategy in the 100 freestyle.