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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you're supposed to keep your head in the water as much as you can. /QUOTE]
You may have hit on something right there that is important. Too many people actually lift their head to breath, instead of rolling it with the body rotation.
If people will ROLL their head and not lift their head, it will stay in the water and not cause a slow down in their speed. If swimmers do LIFT their head in freestyle, then that will cause a major slow down in speed.
you're supposed to keep your head in the water as much as you can. /QUOTE]
You may have hit on something right there that is important. Too many people actually lift their head to breath, instead of rolling it with the body rotation.
If people will ROLL their head and not lift their head, it will stay in the water and not cause a slow down in their speed. If swimmers do LIFT their head in freestyle, then that will cause a major slow down in speed.
