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!
a good rule of thumb is
double your 100 time
add 10 seconds
distance swimmers will be under 10
most fall between 5 - 8 seconds
some sprinters are over 10
each swimmer has a performance range depending on
how well they split their races, hit their turns and just feel ON.
Pretty decent "rule of thumb" Ande.
I went 2:09.14 200 scm and about an hour and a half later went 59.06 100 scm, both legal swims and I consider myself more of the "distance" type, than "sprinter" even though I was slightly over the +10. There was a 200IM in between the two that may have had some effect but I digress.
It's pretty rare I get the opportunity to swim both at the same meet since there's always so much to choose from. :wave:
a good rule of thumb is
double your 100 time
add 10 seconds
distance swimmers will be under 10
most fall between 5 - 8 seconds
some sprinters are over 10
each swimmer has a performance range depending on
how well they split their races, hit their turns and just feel ON.
Pretty decent "rule of thumb" Ande.
I went 2:09.14 200 scm and about an hour and a half later went 59.06 100 scm, both legal swims and I consider myself more of the "distance" type, than "sprinter" even though I was slightly over the +10. There was a 200IM in between the two that may have had some effect but I digress.
It's pretty rare I get the opportunity to swim both at the same meet since there's always so much to choose from. :wave:
