I swam the 1500 (SCM) about 10 weeks apart and ended with almost identical times (0.35 faster today) in spite of the training I've been doing in the meantime. In today's race I followed a strategy of intentionally going slower at the beginning. Maybe I've hit my peak for my age. Somewhere after 1000 meters I remember thinking "I am never swimming this race again". We'll see!
leg 11/07 2/08
1 34.46 0:36.84
2 38.04 0:40.07
3 39.88 0:42.98
4 40.54 0:42.62
5 41.63 0:42.31
6 41.93 0:42.39
7 42.64 0:42.49
8 42.96 0:43.44
9 42.78 0:43.76
10 43.19 0:43.75
11 43.19 0:43.31
12 43.68 0:43.16
13 44.57 0:43.95
14 44.16 0:43.62
15 44.47 0:43.95
16 43.81 0:43.49
17 44.47 0:44.00
18 45.17 0:44.00
19 44.01 0:44.93
20 45.97 0:44.00
21 45.59 0:44.36
22 44.08 0:44.72
23 45.32 0:44.40
24 45.56 0:45.10
25 45.58 0:44.89
26 44.29 0:44.81
27 44.36 0:45.06
28 45.93 0:44.75
29 44.29 0:43.50
30 42.65 0:38.05
cumulative
leg 11/07 2/08
1 34.46 36.84
2 1:12.50 1:16.92
3 1:52.38 1:59.91
4 2:32.92 2:42.53
5 3:14.55 3:24.85
6 3:56.48 4:07.24
7 4:39.12 4:49.73
8 5:22.08 5:33.18
9 6:04.86 6:16.95
10 6:48.05 7:00.71
11 7:31.24 7:44.02
12 8:14.92 8:27.18
13 8:59.49 9:11.14
14 9:43.65 9:54.77
15 10:28.12 10:38.72
16 11:11.93 11:22.21
17 11:56.40 12:06.22
18 12:41.57 12:50.23
19 13:25.58 13:35.17
20 14:11.55 14:19.17
21 14:57.14 15:03.53
22 15:41.22 15:48.25
23 16:26.54 16:32.66
24 17:12.10 17:17.76
25 17:57.68 18:02.65
26 18:41.97 18:47.47
27 19:26.33 19:32.54
28 20:12.26 20:17.29
29 20:56.55 21:00.79
30 21:39.20 21:38.85
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What I'm hoping for is something more like a 1 minute time drop. I think what I'll do is start swimming on saturdays again (on my own) and work on specific distance sets like 16x100 (yards) on 1:30. I actually did that set 1 week before my meet in november, on the advice of a triathlon coach, and I think it helped. I didn't do it this time around.
What I'm hoping for is something more like a 1 minute time drop. I think what I'll do is start swimming on saturdays again (on my own) and work on specific distance sets like 16x100 (yards) on 1:30. I actually did that set 1 week before my meet in november, on the advice of a triathlon coach, and I think it helped. I didn't do it this time around.
