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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I am experiencing the same issues as Red60. In high school, I was a sprinter and now, 25 years later, I can't seem to sprint at all. I just can't get it going that fast.
Red60, I don't have the answer for you as I am still experimenting to find out where my current niche is. Right now I'm working on building endurance and swimming only 200s and longer. I started realizing that I can't sprint anymore when I noticed that my peers who left me far behind in their wake on the 50s, weren't so far ahead of me on the 100s.
My biggest challenge though is to hold back on the first 50, my mind still wants to sprint so I often find myself in a argument with myself for the first 75 before I settle in and start relaxing. My brain says go, go, go (it's actually more of a panic type scream, sort of like AHHHHHHHHHH) and my body says, hold back, relax and build. :argue:
I am experiencing the same issues as Red60. In high school, I was a sprinter and now, 25 years later, I can't seem to sprint at all. I just can't get it going that fast.
Red60, I don't have the answer for you as I am still experimenting to find out where my current niche is. Right now I'm working on building endurance and swimming only 200s and longer. I started realizing that I can't sprint anymore when I noticed that my peers who left me far behind in their wake on the 50s, weren't so far ahead of me on the 100s.
My biggest challenge though is to hold back on the first 50, my mind still wants to sprint so I often find myself in a argument with myself for the first 75 before I settle in and start relaxing. My brain says go, go, go (it's actually more of a panic type scream, sort of like AHHHHHHHHHH) and my body says, hold back, relax and build. :argue:
