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
Great 50:cheerleader:.It's hard to tell from your splits.but I think you went out too slow in the 100 and too fast in the 200.I think you should be able to go out in the 100 within 3 sec. of your 50,so under 43. In the 200 I like to go out about as fast as the 2nd 50 of my 100,in your case 48. You went out almost as fast as your 100.
I read a study on exercise in the late 70s and the difference between 3 and 4 times a week is huge.Can you do at least a non pool workout an additional time/wk.
A good drill for the 200 is swim a 50 with a 1 count after the kick,then a 50 with a 2 count,then a 50 with a 3 count. If you can get the 3 count nearly as fast as the 1 count it will really help your 200. The key in the 200 LCM is long smooth strokes.My stroke count at NATS was 15,18,19,22:banana:I probably went out a little slowly and 16,19,20,21 would have been better,but you get the idea.
Great 50:cheerleader:.It's hard to tell from your splits.but I think you went out too slow in the 100 and too fast in the 200.I think you should be able to go out in the 100 within 3 sec. of your 50,so under 43. In the 200 I like to go out about as fast as the 2nd 50 of my 100,in your case 48. You went out almost as fast as your 100.
I read a study on exercise in the late 70s and the difference between 3 and 4 times a week is huge.Can you do at least a non pool workout an additional time/wk.
A good drill for the 200 is swim a 50 with a 1 count after the kick,then a 50 with a 2 count,then a 50 with a 3 count. If you can get the 3 count nearly as fast as the 1 count it will really help your 200. The key in the 200 LCM is long smooth strokes.My stroke count at NATS was 15,18,19,22:banana:I probably went out a little slowly and 16,19,20,21 would have been better,but you get the idea.
