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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Allen - Graham Johnson a great swimmer for sure.
Last time I raced against Graham Johnson was 1957 in a 2 mile OW swim in Lake Ontario. I had only been sprinting and playing waterpolo. Graham, Peter Duncan and George Breen were there. Peter and Graham asked me to take George Breen out fast to burn him out. I went out as fast as I could and Peter and Graham finished behind George and me. They came 3rd and 4th.
I was always able to swim well in cooler water.
At a meet I went to in the 70s in Houston,Graham Johnson(definitely a distance swimmer),was(improbably)entered in the 100 and 200 BR SCY.His 100 time-1:14.His 200 time-2:28.
For me this yr 100 BR 1:08,200 BR 2:28.Thats a 12 sec difference and my 200 was better than I expected and my 100 was worse-SPRINTER:banana:.
Also I don't think non sprinters should have input on this thread (you know who you are and how you love yardage:mooning:.)
Allen - Graham Johnson a great swimmer for sure.
Last time I raced against Graham Johnson was 1957 in a 2 mile OW swim in Lake Ontario. I had only been sprinting and playing waterpolo. Graham, Peter Duncan and George Breen were there. Peter and Graham asked me to take George Breen out fast to burn him out. I went out as fast as I could and Peter and Graham finished behind George and me. They came 3rd and 4th.
I was always able to swim well in cooler water.
At a meet I went to in the 70s in Houston,Graham Johnson(definitely a distance swimmer),was(improbably)entered in the 100 and 200 BR SCY.His 100 time-1:14.His 200 time-2:28.
For me this yr 100 BR 1:08,200 BR 2:28.Thats a 12 sec difference and my 200 was better than I expected and my 100 was worse-SPRINTER:banana:.
Also I don't think non sprinters should have input on this thread (you know who you are and how you love yardage:mooning:.)
