Did my first 200m IM.
What can be concluded by the splits?
36.74
49.72
57.57
42.83
3:06.86
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Isn't the opposite more likely to be true? Resistance in the water increases exponentially with speed: greater speed means exponentially greater resistance.
I suspect that one has to look at the energy systems in use and their limits, and also keep in mind that we are talking about moderately fast swims (30s 50m) not elite level performances. Again, look at butterfly which is an inefficient stroke relative to freestyle and the drop offs are larger than for freestyle. And of course for small differences in speed and large differences in efficiency the exponential factor may not dominate.
Isn't the opposite more likely to be true? Resistance in the water increases exponentially with speed: greater speed means exponentially greater resistance.
I suspect that one has to look at the energy systems in use and their limits, and also keep in mind that we are talking about moderately fast swims (30s 50m) not elite level performances. Again, look at butterfly which is an inefficient stroke relative to freestyle and the drop offs are larger than for freestyle. And of course for small differences in speed and large differences in efficiency the exponential factor may not dominate.
