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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I can relate to your pacing. You took this race out like you were going to swim it in a 2:10 or better. Better pacing could have yielded a better time, but so could better conditioning. Put them both together and you will be happy with the results.
Swimming lots of 200's, 250's, and 300's in practice will help.
What bothers me is that I thought I was taking it out slower, trying to heed all the warnings from this thread - only to find out otherwise...
Definitely more practice on longer swims in my future!
I can relate to your pacing. You took this race out like you were going to swim it in a 2:10 or better. Better pacing could have yielded a better time, but so could better conditioning. Put them both together and you will be happy with the results.
Swimming lots of 200's, 250's, and 300's in practice will help.
What bothers me is that I thought I was taking it out slower, trying to heed all the warnings from this thread - only to find out otherwise...
Definitely more practice on longer swims in my future!
