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 would highly recommend the 10x100 on 2:00 trying to hold your pace. I am a distance swimmer and I use this set when I am training for the 1000 or the 1650. I have no motivation to do it by myself. I can usually convince my brother or my mom to sit at the end of the lane and time and record my splits. I start about two months from my scheduled race and do this set once a week. I have a record of my times and can see improvment and such. Find someone to take 45 min. and time you and then tell you the time after every 100. Great set and it is really important to know what your pace feels like
I would highly recommend the 10x100 on 2:00 trying to hold your pace. I am a distance swimmer and I use this set when I am training for the 1000 or the 1650. I have no motivation to do it by myself. I can usually convince my brother or my mom to sit at the end of the lane and time and record my splits. I start about two months from my scheduled race and do this set once a week. I have a record of my times and can see improvment and such. Find someone to take 45 min. and time you and then tell you the time after every 100. Great set and it is really important to know what your pace feels like
