How much aerobic work for sprinters?

As I crawled back into the pool today fat and out of shape, I wondered: Don't sprinters need some minimal aerobic work? I see that Ande is doing none whatsoever and Paul advises not "fighting fat" in the pool. I do a lot of race pace training and cross training. But still, is just a little aerobic work called for? I can tell I don't need any for 50s, but my 100s could use a little something. I don't think I have the substantial swimming aerobic base that people like Ande have because I was out of the pool for so many years .. So I'm either taking my 100s out too slow for fear of dying or actually dying. Does aerobic work help counter this? Or do I need more lactate work such as doing 100s with huge amounts of rest?
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    I was joking, of course. I saw the letter too. Heck, I started swimming masters based on my participation in a beer relay (sans vomiting). I did laugh at the comment about the Stanford team doing this set with wine coolers and the completely appropriate response questioning their manhood. Chris, My apoloizes for rushing to judgement on your post. John
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  • Former Member
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    I was joking, of course. I saw the letter too. Heck, I started swimming masters based on my participation in a beer relay (sans vomiting). I did laugh at the comment about the Stanford team doing this set with wine coolers and the completely appropriate response questioning their manhood. Chris, My apoloizes for rushing to judgement on your post. John
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