50 BR
39.92
100BR
45.22 1:33.22 (48.00)
200 BR
45.46 1:37.60 (52.14)
2:32.09 (54.49) 3:28.12 (56.03)
Hi All
Here are my LCM time from zones.
My 50 was a PB.
The 100 was first recorded time LCM, and the 200 was 7 secs faster than my last attempt.
Obvioulsy tecnique is very important, but looking at my drop off on the 200, what do you think is going on. I was told my stroke looked good on the 200.
Is my conditioning bad? Should I practice more broken 2's 3x50 mod 1x AFASP a few times thru etc? I did this for SCY Zones and went from 3:07 in January to a 2:56 by April--not a bad return IMHO.
Am I just a sprinter (albeit not that a fast of a sprinter) and will I not have much more joy in reducing my longer swim times?
I only get 3x a week in the pool and someone told me swimming 5-6 times would get my times down...I can't devote that much time.
Lastly I just bought paddles to find the slipping point in my BR pull and was happy to find only my left hand slipped a little on the insweep and only at a high pace--but not everytime.
I'm still working on not "blocking out" in the water by recovering my legs before my arms have shot into streamline. Anyone have drills for this? Peter C said to work on building up speed which I am doing.
Just looking for more input and ideas. I know LCM is a hard beast compared to SCY so swimming a PB on the 50 is encouraging.
Thanks
Rich
Parents
Former Member
I don't think three times a week is enough. Try to at least get in four times. Right now there are more days you don't swim than you do.
Another thing of paramount importance for a 200 *** is distance per stroke. Really try to get a good glide. Always count your strokes and try to maintain a consistent count throughout your swims in practice. Also strive to continuously reduce this count.
Kirk...so you're saying at this amount of swimming. I'm going to struggle to radically improve my longer swims...50's probably still can go down. I didn't glide in my 100 but I am told I did look wavey on my 200.
It's just tough, home improvement work, coaching soccer, attending soccer, another night out a week is hard to get.
I don't think three times a week is enough. Try to at least get in four times. Right now there are more days you don't swim than you do.
Another thing of paramount importance for a 200 *** is distance per stroke. Really try to get a good glide. Always count your strokes and try to maintain a consistent count throughout your swims in practice. Also strive to continuously reduce this count.
Kirk...so you're saying at this amount of swimming. I'm going to struggle to radically improve my longer swims...50's probably still can go down. I didn't glide in my 100 but I am told I did look wavey on my 200.
It's just tough, home improvement work, coaching soccer, attending soccer, another night out a week is hard to get.
