when I swim at a middle distance race pace, like if im doing 5 x 100 on a quick interval my muscles get tired faster than my heart. I wont even be breathing hard but my arms are tired and causes my stroke techinque to go bad quick. Does anyone else have this problem.
Even so, that isn't true race pace. What did they change, if anything, in a race? My point is that sprinting, for me at least, seems like a completely different stroke. Perhaps it's because I trained for middle distance and, lacking sprinting ability, never properly learned how to sprint.
I think Gull has a point here. I swim freestyle completely differently depending on whether I'm drop dead sprinting or swimming any kind of 200+ freestyle set. And I learned how to sprint. Still feels really different.
Even so, that isn't true race pace. What did they change, if anything, in a race? My point is that sprinting, for me at least, seems like a completely different stroke. Perhaps it's because I trained for middle distance and, lacking sprinting ability, never properly learned how to sprint.
I think Gull has a point here. I swim freestyle completely differently depending on whether I'm drop dead sprinting or swimming any kind of 200+ freestyle set. And I learned how to sprint. Still feels really different.
