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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ourswimmer: I think I'll have a chance again at a meet or two in march (1650 or 1500, not sure) but I may skip those meets and concentrate on PNA zone championships in April. I didn't consciously speed it up until the last 50 when I saw the clock was right about at 21:00 and the math was simple enough that I realized I'd better go faster if I didn't want a slower time than last time.
ourswimmer: I think I'll have a chance again at a meet or two in march (1650 or 1500, not sure) but I may skip those meets and concentrate on PNA zone championships in April. I didn't consciously speed it up until the last 50 when I saw the clock was right about at 21:00 and the math was simple enough that I realized I'd better go faster if I didn't want a slower time than last time.
