Anybody have advice on how to swim the 1000 free when you are in less than optimum shape?
In past years, I worked out enough to feel I could just swim it by feel--i.e., go as fast as I could without bumping up against the lactic acid tipping point.
I also swam the hour swim and a 1650, so I had some sense of how to pace the 1000.
This year, my weekly workouts have been down by about 30 percent in total yards, and probably a similar amount in intensity. I have, in short, no idea how to make the best of a bad situation and am hoping somebody out there can advise!
thanks in advance...
Thanks for the set, which looks great. I would have to change the intervals a bit...maybe 1:25's for 100 yards.
I only have 3 weeks before the meet, so odds are it's a bit too late to expect miracles in the development of my endurance by then.
I guess what I am looking for is more a race stategy per se, i.e., how slow to take it out without leaving too much behind. I don't want to completely loaf, but I definitely don't want to get so tight by the 500 that finishing becomes problematic!
Again, any race strategy advice for a distance event when the swimmer is in less than optimal distance swimming shape?
Thanks for the set, which looks great. I would have to change the intervals a bit...maybe 1:25's for 100 yards.
I only have 3 weeks before the meet, so odds are it's a bit too late to expect miracles in the development of my endurance by then.
I guess what I am looking for is more a race stategy per se, i.e., how slow to take it out without leaving too much behind. I don't want to completely loaf, but I definitely don't want to get so tight by the 500 that finishing becomes problematic!
Again, any race strategy advice for a distance event when the swimmer is in less than optimal distance swimming shape?
