Isn't the opposite more likely to be true? Resistance in the water increases exponentially with speed: greater speed means exponentially greater resistance.
Oh, I'm not saying that there isn't more drag and resistance in shorter events due to the higher speeds... I'm saying that muscle and determined ummmph can overcome these things in a race that lasts less than 30 seconds. NOT that you will be fantastically fast at the short races, but that you will be relatively faster in your 50 than your 100, your 100 than your 200, etc... No amount of 'ummmph' is going to get you through a 200 when the training and technique is lacking. That last 50 is going to be ugly (or in my case, the last 100!)
Isn't the opposite more likely to be true? Resistance in the water increases exponentially with speed: greater speed means exponentially greater resistance.
Oh, I'm not saying that there isn't more drag and resistance in shorter events due to the higher speeds... I'm saying that muscle and determined ummmph can overcome these things in a race that lasts less than 30 seconds. NOT that you will be fantastically fast at the short races, but that you will be relatively faster in your 50 than your 100, your 100 than your 200, etc... No amount of 'ummmph' is going to get you through a 200 when the training and technique is lacking. That last 50 is going to be ugly (or in my case, the last 100!)
