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
Part of the secret to a 200, especially ***, is how you build the race. How did you feel throughout? Were you putting in more effort at the end than the beginning? Another thing is to be as relaxed as possible during the first 100, while maintaining a decent stroke and glide, then gradually building the second hundred until you're almost sprinting the last 50. This should result in the last three 50s being close in time, not increasing as yours were.
Don't feel discouraged. Just swim as much as you can and do some dryland on the days you can't get to the pool, especially thigh and tricep stuff. Just be proud that you are a part of the great 200 LCM *** fraternity. The Fearless!!!!!!!
I felt I'd swam hard and did indeed just wave and glide the first 100...build the third and blitzed the final 50. I was shaking and hurting when I got out...which is how it is meant to feel I hadn't felt like that since January...
I didn't do an awful lot of stork though due to recovering from a sore knee...it could be a big factor in the time.
Part of the secret to a 200, especially ***, is how you build the race. How did you feel throughout? Were you putting in more effort at the end than the beginning? Another thing is to be as relaxed as possible during the first 100, while maintaining a decent stroke and glide, then gradually building the second hundred until you're almost sprinting the last 50. This should result in the last three 50s being close in time, not increasing as yours were.
Don't feel discouraged. Just swim as much as you can and do some dryland on the days you can't get to the pool, especially thigh and tricep stuff. Just be proud that you are a part of the great 200 LCM *** fraternity. The Fearless!!!!!!!
I felt I'd swam hard and did indeed just wave and glide the first 100...build the third and blitzed the final 50. I was shaking and hurting when I got out...which is how it is meant to feel I hadn't felt like that since January...
I didn't do an awful lot of stork though due to recovering from a sore knee...it could be a big factor in the time.
