I've never raced a 200, or even a 100 FR; my 50 FR SCY is 26.8.
I'm in a USA meet Sept 20th - expecting to get trounced by kids half my age, but still I want to put in a good showing.
How should I race? What should my 50 pace be? How do I not die on the last 50? etc...
I'm 44, male, swimming masters only 2 years, still learning lots, and open to all feedback - thanks!
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Lightning - I am 45-49 and consider myself a sprinter. Not necessarily a good one, but I am just terrible at longer races.
My 50 free SCY time is 24.3
My 100 free SCY time is 55.0 (about 2.3 times my 50 time)
I estimate my 200 free SCY time would be 2:05 (about 2.3 times my 100 time). I have not raced a 200 free but I swam a 2:15 in practice from a push, and I negative split it (wrong way to swim it) with 1:09/1:06. Just a guess but I think I'd try to split a 200 race with 59/1:05. My 100 splits would be further apart than really good 200 free swimmers.
I rarely race 200s. At SCY nationals this year I swim both the 100 and 200 IMs. My times were 1:01 and 2:20 - again the 200 is 2.3 times my 100 time.
My high school sophomore son swam 200 free all of last year. He swam 1:49 in his 200 and his best 100 was about 49.5. The ratio was 2.2. He has far better aerobic capacity than me.
Lightning - I am 45-49 and consider myself a sprinter. Not necessarily a good one, but I am just terrible at longer races.
My 50 free SCY time is 24.3
My 100 free SCY time is 55.0 (about 2.3 times my 50 time)
I estimate my 200 free SCY time would be 2:05 (about 2.3 times my 100 time). I have not raced a 200 free but I swam a 2:15 in practice from a push, and I negative split it (wrong way to swim it) with 1:09/1:06. Just a guess but I think I'd try to split a 200 race with 59/1:05. My 100 splits would be further apart than really good 200 free swimmers.
I rarely race 200s. At SCY nationals this year I swim both the 100 and 200 IMs. My times were 1:01 and 2:20 - again the 200 is 2.3 times my 100 time.
My high school sophomore son swam 200 free all of last year. He swam 1:49 in his 200 and his best 100 was about 49.5. The ratio was 2.2. He has far better aerobic capacity than me.
