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.
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I will agree in a 50...regardless of yds/scm/lcm. In the 100...I disagree. I think each swimmer has to determine what works best for them. I personally find it better and faster for me to breath every 2 strokes.
I think too few swimmers pay attention to the actual timing of the breathing. If we strive to improve the timing of when we take our breaths, we keep our speed up better.
I will agree in a 50...regardless of yds/scm/lcm. In the 100...I disagree. I think each swimmer has to determine what works best for them. I personally find it better and faster for me to breath every 2 strokes.
I think too few swimmers pay attention to the actual timing of the breathing. If we strive to improve the timing of when we take our breaths, we keep our speed up better.
