I have been swimming consistently for almost 2 years. I made some good improvements and can swim 1:20/100m all out, and keep 100 interval at 1:55. But I am stuck here for a while. I swim 3/wk for 1hr each, one of which is OW (I am a triathlete). I do lots of drills but tend to take it easy on the interval or any kind of speed work during the tri season. How can I get to the next level? Should I take some more lessons? Should I spend more time on a longer interval or shorter interval? I would like to get faster in a tri swim (800m~1.2mile) but I also would like to improve my time at meets (50~400m).
Another question - My back starts hurting after while when I swim in a wetsuit. Does this tell you anything about my body position and what I should do to eliminate this?
Thanks.
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Thanks all for your advice.
No, I don't have a coach nor work out in a group, until Oct. when our tri/swim club resumes its group practice. There I get to push myself much harder in a longer session. As m2tall2 said, there is nothing wrong to do a different type of training - I often swim in the evening, several hours after run or bike and a bit tired.... I can't go after everything, can I. I have never done a longer interval, like scyfreestyler suggested. I should try that. Also, knelson answered a question I was going to ask. I should try to reduce the interval and see how many I can do.
Thanks. I had better come here more often to learn more about swimming.
Thanks all for your advice.
No, I don't have a coach nor work out in a group, until Oct. when our tri/swim club resumes its group practice. There I get to push myself much harder in a longer session. As m2tall2 said, there is nothing wrong to do a different type of training - I often swim in the evening, several hours after run or bike and a bit tired.... I can't go after everything, can I. I have never done a longer interval, like scyfreestyler suggested. I should try that. Also, knelson answered a question I was going to ask. I should try to reduce the interval and see how many I can do.
Thanks. I had better come here more often to learn more about swimming.
