Good Morning
It has been suggested to me to incorporate a T-30 swim into my overall workout plans. Has anyone used this swim as a basis for setting up their workouts? What has been your experience? Any thoughts welcome.
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Spudfin
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We did a 15 minute swim in practice last week. I did 1150 yards but I had the benefit of drafting off a big guy in front. Ignoring the drafting benefit for now that would work out to 1:18.26/100 yd. I'm able to complete sets of 100s comfortably on a 1:30 interval or 1:25 with some discomfort, although we rarely do sets of more than 5.
In meets I seem to die off worse than others on the 1500 compared to the 400. For example I tied one lady in her 20s in the 400, but in the 1500 she beat me by about 90 seconds.
A triathlon coach who swims with our group sometimes gave me some different advice on preparing for the 1500 or 1650. He said to use whatever interval I needed in order to maintain the pace for my desired time in the event. For example 15x100 at race pace of 1:15, and take whatever rest I needed to maintain that pace (1:30, 1:35, or whatever).
We did a 15 minute swim in practice last week. I did 1150 yards but I had the benefit of drafting off a big guy in front. Ignoring the drafting benefit for now that would work out to 1:18.26/100 yd. I'm able to complete sets of 100s comfortably on a 1:30 interval or 1:25 with some discomfort, although we rarely do sets of more than 5.
In meets I seem to die off worse than others on the 1500 compared to the 400. For example I tied one lady in her 20s in the 400, but in the 1500 she beat me by about 90 seconds.
A triathlon coach who swims with our group sometimes gave me some different advice on preparing for the 1500 or 1650. He said to use whatever interval I needed in order to maintain the pace for my desired time in the event. For example 15x100 at race pace of 1:15, and take whatever rest I needed to maintain that pace (1:30, 1:35, or whatever).
