Looking for feedback on some time trials so far this week. Since I am fairly new at swimming I have been training for and competing at 200yd and below. But now I am trying to do longer swims and experimenting.
Yesterday I did a good warmup and then a 500yd free near maximum intensity. My time was 8:40. Then I did a cooldown 500 after several minutes recovery and swam a 9:30. This was very relaxed and I was only 50 seconds slower. That to me does not make sense as I would expect the cooldown to be considerably slower. Then today I did a 1000 and I went out very relaxed and swam an 18:10.
My question is shouldn't my high intensity be more like 20-25% faster than low intensity? I would expect to at least be under 8:00 for high intensity....no?
Is techinque rewarded that much over power in distance events?
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Donna thanx!!! That's what I'm looking for.
My problem started when I started swimming (a year ago December) with a coach. She would say "100%" or "max effort." Which to me is everything I had regardless of the distance. So if she said "repeat 200m max effort", I'd go out as if it were a 25m sprint, hold it for 75m, have total breakdown, and end up flopping in to the wall completely spent and with no form at all.
It wasn't until after I moved and she was coaching by e-mail that I found out that she meant "max = max Training Heart rate".
We have redefined EZ, pace, and max in terms of Training Heart Rate; but, I've lost the skilled eyes and critique of a USMS Coach.
It isn't her fault. Its mine. I should have asked. She has so many different skill levels and I was in my military mind-set of the coach said "go max" than "max" is what she gets.
After we started talking HR, I had to tell that almost every workout I was at or above 220 beat/min.
Donna thanx!!! That's what I'm looking for.
My problem started when I started swimming (a year ago December) with a coach. She would say "100%" or "max effort." Which to me is everything I had regardless of the distance. So if she said "repeat 200m max effort", I'd go out as if it were a 25m sprint, hold it for 75m, have total breakdown, and end up flopping in to the wall completely spent and with no form at all.
It wasn't until after I moved and she was coaching by e-mail that I found out that she meant "max = max Training Heart rate".
We have redefined EZ, pace, and max in terms of Training Heart Rate; but, I've lost the skilled eyes and critique of a USMS Coach.
It isn't her fault. Its mine. I should have asked. She has so many different skill levels and I was in my military mind-set of the coach said "go max" than "max" is what she gets.
After we started talking HR, I had to tell that almost every workout I was at or above 220 beat/min.
