One of those swims in a meet whereby you not only exceeded your swim time goal, but it felt better the longer you swam.
I remember one out of 40 years of swimming. Mine was in 1995 at Mt. Hood LC Nationals, the 800 m free. I had overtrained, tapered properly, and felt like a stick of dynamite going off the blocks. Not only did I negative split all the 200s, but I felt like I could have swam forever. I actually didn't want the race to come to an end.
I was spent at the finish, took a minute or two longer than others to get out of the water, but 15 minutes later felt great. I remember seeing the time on the scoreboard and I was in shock. I shaved over a minute off my personal best.
All of these things, to me, make that swim a "power swim." I even scratched all my backstroke events that day because I was so "high." I also remembered how stroke-by-stroke the entire 800 m. felt for several days.
Anyone else have this type of wonderful experience?
Donna
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Last year I have been slowly converting over to the distance free events and learning how to swim them. I rarely swam distance in my youngers years and from what I remember, back in 1985 my senior year in high school I did a 4:59 in in the 500 free.
Last year at my big mid season meet that I was shaved and tapered for my goal was to to break 5:00 in the 500 free. I told my counter to keep the number still if at every hundred I was under minute pace per hundred. If I was above the pace, he was to swing the counter back and forth. During the race the counter remained motionless until 6 laps to go when he started swinging it from side to side. Thinking I was off pace, I picked up the pace and when I hit the wall and looked up at timerboard I saw a 4:55. I could not believe it and was really excited about the swim. I remember my coach and the other USS coaches yelling. I could see them all waving their arms forward urging me on as I breathed because they knew what my goal time I wanted to do was. I felt awesome in the water and just had that pace where I could go on and on. Only thing I wish is that my counter started swinging the counter earlier because I had plenty left in the tank. That was the 2nd time I had swum the 500 that year and I think with a little more distance training and swimming distance events in meets, I can get faster.
greg
Last year I have been slowly converting over to the distance free events and learning how to swim them. I rarely swam distance in my youngers years and from what I remember, back in 1985 my senior year in high school I did a 4:59 in in the 500 free.
Last year at my big mid season meet that I was shaved and tapered for my goal was to to break 5:00 in the 500 free. I told my counter to keep the number still if at every hundred I was under minute pace per hundred. If I was above the pace, he was to swing the counter back and forth. During the race the counter remained motionless until 6 laps to go when he started swinging it from side to side. Thinking I was off pace, I picked up the pace and when I hit the wall and looked up at timerboard I saw a 4:55. I could not believe it and was really excited about the swim. I remember my coach and the other USS coaches yelling. I could see them all waving their arms forward urging me on as I breathed because they knew what my goal time I wanted to do was. I felt awesome in the water and just had that pace where I could go on and on. Only thing I wish is that my counter started swinging the counter earlier because I had plenty left in the tank. That was the 2nd time I had swum the 500 that year and I think with a little more distance training and swimming distance events in meets, I can get faster.
greg
