Any of you 400 IMers out there, any ideas or thoughts on racing strategy?
I'm in decent shape but was sure as heck never a 400 IMer (never did it as a kid and have done it twice as a masters). Did a 4:56 during winter training season and not killing myself. Just swam it smooth. Plan on possibly swimming it in a few weeks (also unrested/ untapered.) Just want to swim the darn thing. I may even just wear my practice suit. Am a flyer and freestyler. Been working on back and *** (not too much.)
Ideas? Negative split each 100 of each stroke? Is that a bad race strategy? I'm just so clueless on this event.
Thanks!
I breathe 2 up, 1 down on the fly. You definitely want it to feel smooth, but don't loaf it by any means. Maybe somewhere around 4 seconds slower than what you can swim a 100 fly is a good starting point.
Arrgh, "4 seconds" doesn't scale to different swimmers' speeds.
Swim the first 100 of the 400 IM exactly the way you would the first 100 of a 200 fly.
I breathe 2 up, 1 down on the fly. You definitely want it to feel smooth, but don't loaf it by any means. Maybe somewhere around 4 seconds slower than what you can swim a 100 fly is a good starting point.
Arrgh, "4 seconds" doesn't scale to different swimmers' speeds.
Swim the first 100 of the 400 IM exactly the way you would the first 100 of a 200 fly.
