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 picked the 3rd choice, though I'm partway between #2 and #3 because recently I've had some pretty quick, for me, workout swims.
In the before-time (before the child) I would often swim fast at in-season meets and maybe drop a second on a 100 at taper, if that.
This season is my 3rd season post-kiddo, so based on two data points, I now get a bigger boost from my taper. I don't know if it's due to me working harder the few days a week I actually swim (I do) or because I'm operating at a higher level of general fatigue (I am) or maybe just because I'm older.
Breaststroke has always been the most affected by taper for me... and the most affected back when I used to run (running killed my br... I NEVER ran the week before a big meet). But the last 2 seasons I also dropped 2.5 sec off the 100 free at taper time.
I picked the 3rd choice, though I'm partway between #2 and #3 because recently I've had some pretty quick, for me, workout swims.
In the before-time (before the child) I would often swim fast at in-season meets and maybe drop a second on a 100 at taper, if that.
This season is my 3rd season post-kiddo, so based on two data points, I now get a bigger boost from my taper. I don't know if it's due to me working harder the few days a week I actually swim (I do) or because I'm operating at a higher level of general fatigue (I am) or maybe just because I'm older.
Breaststroke has always been the most affected by taper for me... and the most affected back when I used to run (running killed my br... I NEVER ran the week before a big meet). But the last 2 seasons I also dropped 2.5 sec off the 100 free at taper time.
