2005 Long Course Masters National Championships

dear jazz hands, I believe that right now Rich can swim a faster 100 by just by splitting his race better, as I described. If you don't that's fine I wonder what rich believes? Ande by the way, I believe that you can too! Originally posted by Jazz Hands 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.

dear jazz hands, I believe that right now Rich can swim a faster 100 by just by splitting his race better, as I described. If you don't that's fine I wonder what rich believes? Ande by the way, I believe that you can too! Originally posted by Jazz Hands 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.