How much endurance training?

I want to clarify my(still evolving) position on race pace. In this part of the season I am doing long slow stuff.As my shoulder allows I'll be doing some "swim pretty" breaststroke.In Feb. I'll start adding race pace work. I swim 4 days a week and 1 day is sprints,1 day is 100 pace,one day is 200 pace and one day is some of everything. As the season progresses the % of swim pretty decreases,but never goes to zero. To save my knees and for variety I don't do all breaststroke. Warm-up,warm-down is mostly free and as my shoulder allows I like to swim some fly as well as breaststroke pull/dolphin kick with fins. This seems to work for me,your results may vary. Fort and Rich and anyone,if you can post a video I'll make suggestions. Allen: I'm scared to post a video of my breaststroke! It would likely be too humiliating when all the breaststrokers anaylzed it. I think I need to work on streamlines that get me closer to that 15 meter mark so I don't have to do much of it for the 100 IM I'm swimming without you. When is you're next meet? I'm assuming from the above that it's in March? I've been doing some longer slower stuff lately. (Longer is a relative term). I did a little speed work yesterday, but generally I'm saving that for February as well. My next meet, assuming no ill-timed cold or shoulder issue is in late March. So I think I'm on about the same training regimen as you. Well, except for completely different strokes. :rofl: Caped: It gave me a good laugh too.

I want to clarify my(still evolving) position on race pace. In this part of the season I am doing long slow stuff.As my shoulder allows I'll be doing some "swim pretty" breaststroke.In Feb. I'll start adding race pace work. I swim 4 days a week and 1 day is sprints,1 day is 100 pace,one day is 200 pace and one day is some of everything. As the season progresses the % of swim pretty decreases,but never goes to zero. To save my knees and for variety I don't do all breaststroke. Warm-up,warm-down is mostly free and as my shoulder allows I like to swim some fly as well as breaststroke pull/dolphin kick with fins. This seems to work for me,your results may vary. Fort and Rich and anyone,if you can post a video I'll make suggestions. Allen: I'm scared to post a video of my breaststroke! It would likely be too humiliating when all the breaststrokers anaylzed it. I think I need to work on streamlines that get me closer to that 15 meter mark so I don't have to do much of it for the 100 IM I'm swimming without you. When is you're next meet? I'm assuming from the above that it's in March? I've been doing some longer slower stuff lately. (Longer is a relative term). I did a little speed work yesterday, but generally I'm saving that for February as well. My next meet, assuming no ill-timed cold or shoulder issue is in late March. So I think I'm on about the same training regimen as you. Well, except for completely different strokes. :rofl: Caped: It gave me a good laugh too.