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.
I think you are spot-on, George.
I think I had a decent start and a couple/few good turns. The last 2-3 turns I know were pretty weak. I jammed the 150 turn, just about smacked the lane rope on the breakout from the last one, and breathed first stroke on many. I need to practice doing good, streamlined, fast turns while very fatigued.
I have my own possibly misguided ideas about where to find the second, but I am interested in your comments and suggestions. I may have an opportunity to take one last shot at a meet in Washington at the end of March.
How were your turns? Did you hit a tight streamline and where were you breaking out?
Paul
The best way to pick up seconds. A good dive and seven good turns. You can fool around setting down how fast you are going to swim each 50 or 25. You are fast enough but a quarter second on a turn will give you a drop in total time of 1.75 second in a short course pool.
Split are up for my 200:
Splits
Leg Cumulative Subtractive
1 28.52 28.52
2 59.93 31.41
3 1:31.85 31.92
4 2:04.00 32.15
My previous best was a 2:04.24, split 30.31 31.50 31.44 30.99. I need a 2:03.17. So where should I look for the extra second?
For reference, at the same meet I went a 25.29 50 vs. a PR of 24.79, and a 56.93 100 (27.50 29.43) vs. a PR of 55.46. I was seriously gassed in the 100.
I have my own possibly misguided ideas about where to find the second, but I am interested in your comments and suggestions. I may have an opportunity to take one last shot at a meet in Washington at the end of March.
By saving my legs for the second half (and a lot of practice leading up to the meet) I was able to drop more than 3.5 seconds, going 2:00.02.
But as a friend of mine said, those hundredths of a second will keep me humble and make me work out that much harder.
Steve Cox
Long Island, NY
Awesome drop! My advice for next time is don't clip your fingernails. That has to be worth 3 hundredths of a second. Doesn't it? :laugh2:
Great job!
I like your friend's perspective. It makes alot of sense.
My daughter recently dropped from a 1:58 to a 1:54 (prelims to finals) by heeding the advice of her coach which was "do not give away your legs in the first half of the race" (a philosophy that she did not apply in prelims).
I wanted to say thanks for this post Brad. I swam the 200 free scy last Saturday and tried what you said. My previous best was 2:03.60. By saving my legs for the second half (and a lot of practice leading up to the meet) I was able to drop more than 3.5 seconds, going 2:00.02.
It was bittersweet. I was extremely happy at the big improvement, but really wanted to break two minutes. But as a friend of mine said, those hundredths of a second will keep me humble and make me work out that much harder.
Steve Cox
Long Island, NY
Had a good one last weekend - thought I'd share with y'all.
50 splits:
27.99 - 29.54 - 29.47 - 29.31
100 splits:
57.53 - 58.78
Total time: 1:56.31
My best time as a master by about a full second. I feel I need to work on first 100 speed and get out a little quicker although this didn't feel all that "comfortable". I'm a 53/54 hundred type. I really brought in the legs for the last 100.
Had a good one last weekend - thought I'd share with y'all.
50 splits:
27.99 - 29.54 - 29.47 - 29.31
100 splits:
57.53 - 58.78
Total time: 1:56.31
My best time as a master by about a full second. I feel I need to work on first 100 speed and get out a little quicker although this didn't feel all that "comfortable". I'm a 53/54 hundred type. I really brought in the legs for the last 100.
That's awesome Jim!
Are you going to swim at the Monterey Clambake meet on the 23rd?
