There's a reason the IM is referred to as "The 5th Stroke"
Bottom line is you need to be strong in all 4 strokes, highly conditioned and have exceptional turns (at least for short course).
Question...how many practice sessions a week to spend focused on IM turns? I see most master swimmers using them as "rest" time vs. attack time.
My own preference in a 200IM is to build withing each "stroke" and attack turns...if you don't spend time in practice doing broken/race pace IM work you'll blow a gasket somewhere in this race at a meet because you have no sense of the pace needed to nail the splits/overall swim.
PS: it also historically has been the domain of "evil (***) strokers"...kinda like a triathalon being the same for runners.
There's a reason the IM is referred to as "The 5th Stroke"
Bottom line is you need to be strong in all 4 strokes, highly conditioned and have exceptional turns (at least for short course).
Question...how many practice sessions a week to spend focused on IM turns? I see most master swimmers using them as "rest" time vs. attack time.
My own preference in a 200IM is to build withing each "stroke" and attack turns...if you don't spend time in practice doing broken/race pace IM work you'll blow a gasket somewhere in this race at a meet because you have no sense of the pace needed to nail the splits/overall swim.
PS: it also historically has been the domain of "evil (***) strokers"...kinda like a triathalon being the same for runners.
