this Saturday and achieve fame, fortune, the accolades of my peers . . . and my true goal, an NQT. I need a 2:03.
50 PR is 24.79
100 PR is 55.46, split 26.55 28.91
200 PR is 2:04.24, split 30.31 31.50 31.44 30.99
I took that out too slow, but I've been gun-shy after this debacle:
2:06.86, split 29.06 30.79 33.15 33.86
I consoled myself by blaming that race on the altitude (we were at 3,000 or so and I swim at sea level), but it still hurts to look at.
I think the best 200 I ever split was SCM a year and a half ago:
2:19.90, split 33.17 35.46 35.49 35.78
I'm thinking that I need to be just under 1:00 for the 100 and bring it home from there? Can I even get to a 2:03 from my 50/100 times?
Thanks for the help.
the 200 is a controlled sprint
don't kill yourself on the 1st 100
Totally agree. You need to look for "easy speed" on that first 100. Yeah, it ain't always easy to achieve! Anyway, unless you're a great kicker and your legs never die, you might want to think about not kicking too hard on the first 100 then consciously bringing the kick on in the third 50 until the finish.
With a 55 second 100, I think you should be able to split 59, 1:02 for a 2:01 or 2:02.
the 200 is a controlled sprint
don't kill yourself on the 1st 100
Totally agree. You need to look for "easy speed" on that first 100. Yeah, it ain't always easy to achieve! Anyway, unless you're a great kicker and your legs never die, you might want to think about not kicking too hard on the first 100 then consciously bringing the kick on in the third 50 until the finish.
With a 55 second 100, I think you should be able to split 59, 1:02 for a 2:01 or 2:02.
