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...
One question: I have heard some suggest going out a bit fast at the very start, for maybe 100 yards or so, then settling back into the strategy you suggest.
NOOO! Don't do it!
Force yourself to hold back if you have to. "Oh-two debt" is not something you want to spend the nest 900 yards trying to recover from. Let your neighbors go ahead at the start even if you "feel" like you can hang with them - them run 'em down in the last half or last quarter.
It works - trust me. I've swum it a few times.
One question: I have heard some suggest going out a bit fast at the very start, for maybe 100 yards or so, then settling back into the strategy you suggest.
NOOO! Don't do it!
Force yourself to hold back if you have to. "Oh-two debt" is not something you want to spend the nest 900 yards trying to recover from. Let your neighbors go ahead at the start even if you "feel" like you can hang with them - them run 'em down in the last half or last quarter.
It works - trust me. I've swum it a few times.
