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?
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.
I think you're in the ballpark. My best is about 50 seconds and I could probably hold something like :58s, so that's 16% slower than my best. If you're able to hold 1:15s that's 17% slower than your PB.
I think you really need to look at it on a percentage basis like this. Someone who can swim a 45 second 100, for example, should be able to get within 5 seconds of this much more easily than someone who can swim a 100 in 1:00.
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.
I think you're in the ballpark. My best is about 50 seconds and I could probably hold something like :58s, so that's 16% slower than my best. If you're able to hold 1:15s that's 17% slower than your PB.
I think you really need to look at it on a percentage basis like this. Someone who can swim a 45 second 100, for example, should be able to get within 5 seconds of this much more easily than someone who can swim a 100 in 1:00.
