This past weekend we had our LCM zone championships and I really wanted to work on my 100 and 200 splitting. For my 100 I went out strong and relaxed and saved my legs for the last 50. The funny thing is that the first 50 I felt really fatigued (swam the 400 and the 50 fly less than 2 hours prior). Still, I came up with a time I was happy about. A masters best to date.
59.31
splits 28.77, 30.54 diff. 1.77.
For the 200, it seems like most good 200 swimmers take the first 100 about 4 seconds slower than their fastest 100 and nearly split the same coming back. So I tried that with the following results.
2:15.02
1:04.62, 1:10.4 diff. 5.78
My swimming experience is limited prior to becoming a masters swimmer and my long course experience is nil. So My guess is that my 100 splitting was as good as I can expect. Take the dive out and I split it fairly even. But my 200 split sucked eggs (nearly a 6 sec. difference). How can I improve this? I want to try and go a sub 2:10. Is that a realistic goal? And how do I get there?
Kevin
Originally posted by chlorini
How does she do it? Well, one thing she does it that she practices negative splitting everything in workout. She checks her time while breathing and works to beat it in the back half of every repeat.
I think this is key. Train to even or negative split and use the clock to tell you if you are actually doing it. Also try to do as much middle distance training as possible.
Is a sub 2:10 realistic for you? I'd think so. You might not ever be the kind of swimmer who's going to be close to even splitting, but with practice I bet you could achieve a three second drop between 100s. How about shoot for 1:03 1:06 for a 2:09? That seems very reasonable to me based on your 100 time.
Let me also add that a sub 1:00 100 meter freestyle for someone with a limited swimming background is phenomenal. Nice job!
Originally posted by chlorini
How does she do it? Well, one thing she does it that she practices negative splitting everything in workout. She checks her time while breathing and works to beat it in the back half of every repeat.
I think this is key. Train to even or negative split and use the clock to tell you if you are actually doing it. Also try to do as much middle distance training as possible.
Is a sub 2:10 realistic for you? I'd think so. You might not ever be the kind of swimmer who's going to be close to even splitting, but with practice I bet you could achieve a three second drop between 100s. How about shoot for 1:03 1:06 for a 2:09? That seems very reasonable to me based on your 100 time.
Let me also add that a sub 1:00 100 meter freestyle for someone with a limited swimming background is phenomenal. Nice job!
