I am slow, and when I mean slow, I mean slow. I can do a 26 sec 50 with fins, but without I come in just under 1:20! I think a big part of it is just taking the fins off and doing a lot of kick sets to learn to feel the water better with my feet. I have a good breaststroke kick so I don't think my problem is an overly weak pair of legs, although they could be in better shape. Also, myankles are fairly flexible as I can point my toes and make my feet bend backwards past an even position with my shins. However, I do think that I need to loosen up my ankles when I kick. I feel like I get more out of my kick for those brief moments when I allow my ankles to snap back and forth with my kick. I think I actually need to relax more to kick faster as weird as that sounds.
I suppose the answer to my question is that I simply need to take of the fins and do kick set after kick set until I learn to feel the water better with my feet and become more efficient.
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Originally Posted by qbrain www.usms.org/.../viewpost.gif
Set: 8x : 25k sprint, 50 ez
Goal: 8x 25 sprint k under 20, 50ez between each
12/8/08: 20 (1st) to 25 (last)
12/10/08: 20,21,21,24,21,21,22,23
12/12/08: 19,20,20,21,21,23,22,21
12/15/08: 18,21,19,22,21,21,22,23
12/17/08: 19,21,19,21,20,21,22,22
-- Started using the same clock for timing instead of 2 clocks
12/19/08: 21,21,21,20,21,21,21,21
12/22/08: 21,21,21,21,20,21,21,21
12/24/08: 19,19,19,20,21,21,21,21
That is a thing of beauty. I made the first 19, and said to myself, lets see how many 19s I can make. After the 20, I thought I was going to die, and my goal became to just live through the back half of the set.
Also, I noticed how much the 2 clocks were out of sync. I looked up and the far clock that I don't use said 18, but really I had gone 21. So some of my previous fast times are likely to be 2 seconds slower.
Originally Posted by qbrain www.usms.org/.../viewpost.gif
Set: 8x : 25k sprint, 50 ez
Goal: 8x 25 sprint k under 20, 50ez between each
12/8/08: 20 (1st) to 25 (last)
12/10/08: 20,21,21,24,21,21,22,23
12/12/08: 19,20,20,21,21,23,22,21
12/15/08: 18,21,19,22,21,21,22,23
12/17/08: 19,21,19,21,20,21,22,22
-- Started using the same clock for timing instead of 2 clocks
12/19/08: 21,21,21,20,21,21,21,21
12/22/08: 21,21,21,21,20,21,21,21
12/24/08: 19,19,19,20,21,21,21,21
That is a thing of beauty. I made the first 19, and said to myself, lets see how many 19s I can make. After the 20, I thought I was going to die, and my goal became to just live through the back half of the set.
Also, I noticed how much the 2 clocks were out of sync. I looked up and the far clock that I don't use said 18, but really I had gone 21. So some of my previous fast times are likely to be 2 seconds slower.
