Just a few questions for everyone -
1) How much of a warm up do you do at a meet?
2) If you PB time is 1:04 100 yd. free- in practice what would be your time to meet while doing 6 x100 on the 1:45? I seem to be able to hold about 1:15 -1:20, but I want to improve on my practice times.
3) Do you were one cap or two during a meet? I've seen pics of Olympians wearing one cap, goggles then another cap - Why?
CP
1 - I do anywhere between 12-1600 for warmup. usually "the 4 three hundreds" or "the 3 four hundreds" or something, lumping a bunch of things together.
2 - 100 free - i have noticed that personally, my repeats for a like set of 100s tend to be about 12-14 seconds slower than race times. I'd say you're in the right ballpark. If you want to improve your practice times, you'll need to go faster (duh)! Other than increased effort from the get-go, you can do things like hitting the turns faster, better streamlines, SDK off the walls, perfecting your technique.
3 - I have enough hair that i am jokingly required by law to wear a cap for meets. I've swum an event here and there without, however. i've always done one. i think the people who do two tend to have a lot of hair - one is to hold that in, and the other to hold the first one on
CP
1 - I do anywhere between 12-1600 for warmup. usually "the 4 three hundreds" or "the 3 four hundreds" or something, lumping a bunch of things together.
2 - 100 free - i have noticed that personally, my repeats for a like set of 100s tend to be about 12-14 seconds slower than race times. I'd say you're in the right ballpark. If you want to improve your practice times, you'll need to go faster (duh)! Other than increased effort from the get-go, you can do things like hitting the turns faster, better streamlines, SDK off the walls, perfecting your technique.
3 - I have enough hair that i am jokingly required by law to wear a cap for meets. I've swum an event here and there without, however. i've always done one. i think the people who do two tend to have a lot of hair - one is to hold that in, and the other to hold the first one on
