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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I made most of my transition from outright sprinter towards middle distance (freestyle) by myself and it was this funny little paceclock that fastened on the outside of my goggles (by suction) facing in (in corner of lens) that finally allowed me to really know what pace I was keeping for a set, and fine tune it up and down.
I used to have one of those too. Eventually it flooded/battery died and it stared losing suction. Great for when you are in a facility that doesn't have a paceclock that you can sneak a peek at especially for splits (what I call "alligator flipturns" with eyes above waterline). I wear a wristwatch but it takes a few seconds to focus in on the time, not usable for splits. The 15" paceclock I bought is OK (about $150) but it needs some minor repairs right now and it's not very convenient to carry around with all my other stuff. I keep losing count of repeats/lengths without the devices.
Back on topic, it does sound like work on pacing will help your longer events.
I made most of my transition from outright sprinter towards middle distance (freestyle) by myself and it was this funny little paceclock that fastened on the outside of my goggles (by suction) facing in (in corner of lens) that finally allowed me to really know what pace I was keeping for a set, and fine tune it up and down.
I used to have one of those too. Eventually it flooded/battery died and it stared losing suction. Great for when you are in a facility that doesn't have a paceclock that you can sneak a peek at especially for splits (what I call "alligator flipturns" with eyes above waterline). I wear a wristwatch but it takes a few seconds to focus in on the time, not usable for splits. The 15" paceclock I bought is OK (about $150) but it needs some minor repairs right now and it's not very convenient to carry around with all my other stuff. I keep losing count of repeats/lengths without the devices.
Back on topic, it does sound like work on pacing will help your longer events.
