How do I make friends with this race? It always hurts. I have tried to go out slowly, but then I just slow down. I know I should pay attention to my pace, but this flies out the brain when I race. I am not a seasoned racer. At practice I pay attention to pace looking at clock but do not "feel" it. Should I just accept 1000 hurts, and swim it as fast as I can? This is my best event, but I am not loving it as I swim it.
Isobel,
What kind of training are you doing to prepare for this race? Are you doing any multiple repeats of 200y and over at practice?
When it comes to pacing a distance event, I am probably not the person you want giving you advice. '05 zones, I took the first 100 of a 1000 out in 59.5 (rest of the way anywhere from 1:04s to 1:08s). My personal philosophy is that one's dive is the fastest they will be that entire swim, so I am going to take advantage of that and give that first 100 a good hard workout and then go from there.
I feel that when the pace is set quick from the getgo, the rest of the race seems to be fast too. When I set the pace slow, I can't turn on the jets at the end.
:dedhorse:
Isobel,
What kind of training are you doing to prepare for this race? Are you doing any multiple repeats of 200y and over at practice?
When it comes to pacing a distance event, I am probably not the person you want giving you advice. '05 zones, I took the first 100 of a 1000 out in 59.5 (rest of the way anywhere from 1:04s to 1:08s). My personal philosophy is that one's dive is the fastest they will be that entire swim, so I am going to take advantage of that and give that first 100 a good hard workout and then go from there.
I feel that when the pace is set quick from the getgo, the rest of the race seems to be fast too. When I set the pace slow, I can't turn on the jets at the end.
:dedhorse:
