Once upon a time--say the better part of three decades ago--I could sprint fairly fast. I went 22.8 and 50 flat in the 50 and 100. I have resumed swimming and begun to compete, and I have noticed that I seem to have a governor blade of some sort on my speed. Just swam my first meet and went 28 and 1:02. I know I will improve, but I sense that I may not be able to improve dramatically. Has anyone seen big jumps of improvements for short races? If so, how?
The good news is that I felt really strong coming home in the 100, and it made me think that maybe I should try the 200 and even the 500. In the former case, how do people approach splitting a 200, and what sort of training do you do? Thinking about this in the context of a zone meet in 3 to 4 weeks.
Look forward to your thoughts.
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Hi Red60; I think your times sound pretty darn fast. And I think the others have given much good advice but if a 200 swim is coming up shortly, I'd certainly be doing repeat 50s with little rest. I always loved the 200s, they were my favorite, but I found I actually tried to swim them like a 50 pace plus half-second, so doing repeat 50s gave me a better sense of what the 200 would be like.
Good luck and let us know how it goes. And if you want to get into 500s, there are lots of different combinations for that one which of course includes repeat hundreds, 150s, 200s, 250s. Shorter pyramids are pretty good for this distance, too. 2x250s with increased intensity and rest will help. I also love the 500, I guess I now love anything that takes a long time :rofl:.
I also wanted to add that just getting out of the mindset of 50s and 100s and moving into 200s and 500s is part of the battle.
donna
Hi Red60; I think your times sound pretty darn fast. And I think the others have given much good advice but if a 200 swim is coming up shortly, I'd certainly be doing repeat 50s with little rest. I always loved the 200s, they were my favorite, but I found I actually tried to swim them like a 50 pace plus half-second, so doing repeat 50s gave me a better sense of what the 200 would be like.
Good luck and let us know how it goes. And if you want to get into 500s, there are lots of different combinations for that one which of course includes repeat hundreds, 150s, 200s, 250s. Shorter pyramids are pretty good for this distance, too. 2x250s with increased intensity and rest will help. I also love the 500, I guess I now love anything that takes a long time :rofl:.
I also wanted to add that just getting out of the mindset of 50s and 100s and moving into 200s and 500s is part of the battle.
donna
