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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The 200 is a long/controlled sprint. If a person has to take 8 breaths, then they need too. The number of breaths on takes, depends a lot on how many strokes they are taking to get down the pool.
A tall person, with a good catch, will of course take less strokes, which should in turn allow them to take less breaths.
A shorter person, even with a good catch, will still take more strokes, thus needing more air.
In truth, there is no right answer here. Bills will have to find out what works best for him. In any event lasting over 50 seconds(50's or 100's) it really is not a sprint anymore, so people probably do need to breath more.
The 200 is a long/controlled sprint. If a person has to take 8 breaths, then they need too. The number of breaths on takes, depends a lot on how many strokes they are taking to get down the pool.
A tall person, with a good catch, will of course take less strokes, which should in turn allow them to take less breaths.
A shorter person, even with a good catch, will still take more strokes, thus needing more air.
In truth, there is no right answer here. Bills will have to find out what works best for him. In any event lasting over 50 seconds(50's or 100's) it really is not a sprint anymore, so people probably do need to breath more.
