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.
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I think one of the keys is negative splitting repeats and descending sets in practice. You need to know what a given split will feel like early in the race and at the end. The 1000 requires focus; it's very easy to swim the first 100 too fast. Our coach likes to say, "You do what you do," meaning that you will race as you have trained.
I think one of the keys is negative splitting repeats and descending sets in practice. You need to know what a given split will feel like early in the race and at the end. The 1000 requires focus; it's very easy to swim the first 100 too fast. Our coach likes to say, "You do what you do," meaning that you will race as you have trained.
