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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At the time when my 200y free best time was same as yours, these were my other times. I was about 36 years old and a couple of years into Masters after a long layoff and backslide.
50-:32.5
100-1:10
200-2:30
500-6:37
So your times do seem to show a disconnect; mine show that I have no ability to sprint. I did a lot of short-rest training such as 10x100 free on 1:30 and I would hold 1:21-1:25.
They are slow times but I sure wish I could do that now; that's another topic.
At the time when my 200y free best time was same as yours, these were my other times. I was about 36 years old and a couple of years into Masters after a long layoff and backslide.
50-:32.5
100-1:10
200-2:30
500-6:37
So your times do seem to show a disconnect; mine show that I have no ability to sprint. I did a lot of short-rest training such as 10x100 free on 1:30 and I would hold 1:21-1:25.
They are slow times but I sure wish I could do that now; that's another topic.
