Ack. It appears that I am going to have to break down and finally swim my first masters 100 SCY free at zones. Since I'm sure you all have done it many times, can someone please tell me what is the most ideal breathing pattern(s)? I noticed watching the World Championships that many of the 100 freestylers (especially the men) breathed almost every stroke, which is not how I used to swim that race. Were they breathing more to save for the SDKs? What say you freestyle sprinters?
So now that we have covered various breathing permutations, I have to ask: why does everyone think this race is so hard? I can only think of about three races I'd rather swim, and I think of the 100 as a good barometer of where I am.
I'm going to take the suggestions and do a few broken 100s tomorrow. Already swam for a bit today and did lots of 25s with my congested engine.
I'm not sure if the 100 free is "hardest," race some girl. I think the 200 free would be much harder. I'm just not really a freestyler, except for the occasional 50 free. So it seems weird to swim it. Pace wise, I'll swim it like the 100 back I just did awhile ago. There are also a lot other races I'd rather swim, besides that 50 and 100 fly we love. :thhbbb: But everyone else seems to like this event. Zillions of people swimming it at zones ... And almost no women doing breastroke ... Maybe I should have done that. :rofl:
So now that we have covered various breathing permutations, I have to ask: why does everyone think this race is so hard? I can only think of about three races I'd rather swim, and I think of the 100 as a good barometer of where I am.
I'm going to take the suggestions and do a few broken 100s tomorrow. Already swam for a bit today and did lots of 25s with my congested engine.
I'm not sure if the 100 free is "hardest," race some girl. I think the 200 free would be much harder. I'm just not really a freestyler, except for the occasional 50 free. So it seems weird to swim it. Pace wise, I'll swim it like the 100 back I just did awhile ago. There are also a lot other races I'd rather swim, besides that 50 and 100 fly we love. :thhbbb: But everyone else seems to like this event. Zillions of people swimming it at zones ... And almost no women doing breastroke ... Maybe I should have done that. :rofl:
