Fabulous sprint sets

I do swim with a bunch of people that think if we are swimming 50s that it's a sprint set no matter the interval or number of repeats. I've had lanemates that are distance swimmers ask if I want to lead that type of set since I'm a sprinter ... I laugh and say I'll lead the 12.5s ... Heather, yea. Sorry about that. I may actually be turning into more of a middle distance person as I had exactly that "any 50s are a sprint set" mentality when I made the post. Truly, the 2 sets of 8x50 were used as a cool down in preparation for the 3 sets of 8x50 free @ :40. I thought that this set would help sprinters b/c I'm always aiming to take 2 breaths or less on the 50 free and 3 or less in the 50 fly. AND, I have a tendancy as many others do to die on the second 25 (or halfway home on the 2nd 25), so I need some endurance on the 50 to just keep my speed that I have on the 1st three fourths of the race. There's my lame explanation. Perhaps I'm looking at this incorrectly. But I concur to the group. Hey, my coach tricked me b/c I could have sworn she said that was a sprint set. :o

I do swim with a bunch of people that think if we are swimming 50s that it's a sprint set no matter the interval or number of repeats. I've had lanemates that are distance swimmers ask if I want to lead that type of set since I'm a sprinter ... I laugh and say I'll lead the 12.5s ... Heather, yea. Sorry about that. I may actually be turning into more of a middle distance person as I had exactly that "any 50s are a sprint set" mentality when I made the post. Truly, the 2 sets of 8x50 were used as a cool down in preparation for the 3 sets of 8x50 free @ :40. I thought that this set would help sprinters b/c I'm always aiming to take 2 breaths or less on the 50 free and 3 or less in the 50 fly. AND, I have a tendancy as many others do to die on the second 25 (or halfway home on the 2nd 25), so I need some endurance on the 50 to just keep my speed that I have on the 1st three fourths of the race. There's my lame explanation. Perhaps I'm looking at this incorrectly. But I concur to the group. Hey, my coach tricked me b/c I could have sworn she said that was a sprint set. :o