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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So you were coming in on 1:30 and repeating every 2 minutes? In other words swimming a 100 Free every 2 minutes but actually completing the swim in 1:30, thereby affording yourself 30 seconds of rest each time.
I would advise you not to worry about your actual swim time. Swim at a comfortable pace...not a sprint but not an exaggerated slow stroke either. Choose an interval that you can handle and slowly work on decreasing your interval time. For instance, lets say that you can swim a 10 x 100 on 2:00. After doing this for a week or so try taking 5 seconds off of that interval time. Now you would be swimming a 100 every 1:55 as opposed to every 2:00.
rtodd said he has done 10 x 100 on 2:00 before and holding 1:30 (30 secs rest). Not today but we all have off days!
rtodd - I suggest you try the 1:50, and ease up a bit. You will probably not be able to do 10 @ 1:30 with 10 secs less rest per 100. Shoot for the first few around 1:35-1:40. See how the first five feel and go from there. If you can hold 1:35 for 10 100s on 1:50 you're doing pretty well. Tell us how it goes the next time.
So you were coming in on 1:30 and repeating every 2 minutes? In other words swimming a 100 Free every 2 minutes but actually completing the swim in 1:30, thereby affording yourself 30 seconds of rest each time.
I would advise you not to worry about your actual swim time. Swim at a comfortable pace...not a sprint but not an exaggerated slow stroke either. Choose an interval that you can handle and slowly work on decreasing your interval time. For instance, lets say that you can swim a 10 x 100 on 2:00. After doing this for a week or so try taking 5 seconds off of that interval time. Now you would be swimming a 100 every 1:55 as opposed to every 2:00.
rtodd said he has done 10 x 100 on 2:00 before and holding 1:30 (30 secs rest). Not today but we all have off days!
rtodd - I suggest you try the 1:50, and ease up a bit. You will probably not be able to do 10 @ 1:30 with 10 secs less rest per 100. Shoot for the first few around 1:35-1:40. See how the first five feel and go from there. If you can hold 1:35 for 10 100s on 1:50 you're doing pretty well. Tell us how it goes the next time.
