Ande....having read your blog and a few others and seeing some of the times you've posted...as well as some of the mnd boggling in season/unrested swims going on this college and USS season I thought I'd bring up the topic of swimming fast in workout and in unrested meets.
Having always been a VERY slow workout swimmer as well as a poor untapered swimmer I'm always amazed at how fast others can go in those situations. But I have noticed that those same swimmers don't necessarilly have big drops for meets they rest and shave for.
So after seeing Michael Klueh from Texas go 4:11 unrested in the 500, my evil twin go 21.8/47.7 unrested (and at altitude), hearing you went 22.0 50 free and 2:00 in the 200 back at workout the question for everyone is what do you see in your own situations?
Note; one thing that a few of us have noticed is that big old clydesadle types like me usually are the ones that drop the most from resting....little jackrabbits like JS swim fast all the time and don't seem to take as big of drops rested.
I personally suck much less rested. I go nowhere near race times in the twenty minutes I spend for a serious workout every day. I am about 40 seconds faster in a 500 and about 20 seconds faster in a 200 when rested (compared to workout fast swim).
I have also wondered how people swim so fast in workouts as my daughter swims for a coach that likes a lot of race pace protocol sets and she never is close to making the times and I think it has discouraged her.
Your comment about clydesdales possibly is true as I do put the fat in *** (I think I'm about 45 pounds heavier than my college weight).
I personally suck much less rested. I go nowhere near race times in the twenty minutes I spend for a serious workout every day. I am about 40 seconds faster in a 500 and about 20 seconds faster in a 200 when rested (compared to workout fast swim).
I have also wondered how people swim so fast in workouts as my daughter swims for a coach that likes a lot of race pace protocol sets and she never is close to making the times and I think it has discouraged her.
Your comment about clydesdales possibly is true as I do put the fat in *** (I think I'm about 45 pounds heavier than my college weight).
