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.
Hi Paul,
I was talking to eddie about this, this morning
with the racing suits it's hard to tell how tapered his swimmers are.
I throw on the racing suit now and then in practice
so I'll be used to it in meets, usually jammers sometimes FS II
I've noticed hineck fastskins shift my body position,
swimmers need to be ready for this, especially in breastroke,
last year I kicked air 2 or 3 times on *** in my 100 IM
people just need to know what kind of swimmer they are.
I think I fall in the category of
fast in practice then a little faster in meets
I get medium drops from tapering
wish I was a huge drop swimmer
It's good to wine things down when you taper
I'm a Cab fan
We'll see,
Ande
Another interesting thing about this is how many top swimmers put on race suits for almost all their meets these days...and like Ande often in workout for quality days as well.
I swim so few meets as well that I almost always wear at least legskins and often a full suit.
As for workouts...on rare occasions a jammer but never a full suit for me, there's still something to shaving and putting on a full suit after a taper that is a lot like Xmas morning if you know what I mean!
And Fort...NEVER abstain from wine...during a taper is actually the time to break out the good stuff!
Hi Paul,
I was talking to eddie about this, this morning
with the racing suits it's hard to tell how tapered his swimmers are.
I throw on the racing suit now and then in practice
so I'll be used to it in meets, usually jammers sometimes FS II
I've noticed hineck fastskins shift my body position,
swimmers need to be ready for this, especially in breastroke,
last year I kicked air 2 or 3 times on *** in my 100 IM
people just need to know what kind of swimmer they are.
I think I fall in the category of
fast in practice then a little faster in meets
I get medium drops from tapering
wish I was a huge drop swimmer
It's good to wine things down when you taper
I'm a Cab fan
We'll see,
Ande
Another interesting thing about this is how many top swimmers put on race suits for almost all their meets these days...and like Ande often in workout for quality days as well.
I swim so few meets as well that I almost always wear at least legskins and often a full suit.
As for workouts...on rare occasions a jammer but never a full suit for me, there's still something to shaving and putting on a full suit after a taper that is a lot like Xmas morning if you know what I mean!
And Fort...NEVER abstain from wine...during a taper is actually the time to break out the good stuff!
