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.
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.
Ummm ... avoid it! Do not swim this event! It is at least 900 yards too long.
if you insist on working on it you need both endurance and pacing. You need to swim 10 - 12 x 100. First swim each 100 on the pace you want to hold for your 1000, but take 15 seconds rest between them. Once you can do that for 10 (or even better 12) 100s lower the interval by 5 seconds, but hold the same pace, so you only get 10 seconds rest. Once that becomes easy do it again. You'll want to focus on technique, too ... holding your technique when you get tired, DPS is important too.
Mix it up by doing the above set with 5 x 200 (or 6) and 2 x 500 (or 3), too. Try and hold the pace you want to on the 1st 500 and try to make the second one faster.
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.
Ummm ... avoid it! Do not swim this event! It is at least 900 yards too long.
if you insist on working on it you need both endurance and pacing. You need to swim 10 - 12 x 100. First swim each 100 on the pace you want to hold for your 1000, but take 15 seconds rest between them. Once you can do that for 10 (or even better 12) 100s lower the interval by 5 seconds, but hold the same pace, so you only get 10 seconds rest. Once that becomes easy do it again. You'll want to focus on technique, too ... holding your technique when you get tired, DPS is important too.
Mix it up by doing the above set with 5 x 200 (or 6) and 2 x 500 (or 3), too. Try and hold the pace you want to on the 1st 500 and try to make the second one faster.
