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 have watched 100 videos or more of Thorpe in 200s. You can barely see him take his breath. He breathes in the trough.
I have seen him not take a breath every stroke and power in at a finish without a breath for ten yards. I have seen him breathe nearly every full cycle.
I have seen him breath every 3strokes during some of his swims when he was watching someone close.
To me I think everyone should breathe when they need it. It varies by how you feel in the water.
I have watched 100 videos or more of Thorpe in 200s. You can barely see him take his breath. He breathes in the trough.
I have seen him not take a breath every stroke and power in at a finish without a breath for ten yards. I have seen him breathe nearly every full cycle.
I have seen him breath every 3strokes during some of his swims when he was watching someone close.
To me I think everyone should breathe when they need it. It varies by how you feel in the water.
