Ok, it appears that the lower back issues I have been experiencing are slowly getting better so it looks like my 100 Fly in 9 days is back on the menu.
Now, how should I swim this? Since all I have done in the past is sprint distance fly (in 100 IM and only 50s of each course), I have no CLUE how to swim this. All I want to do is finish (not sure if my inner monster is with that plan tho).
How long should I stay under at the start? Off each turn? Breathe every stroke? Every other? Keep the legs soft on the front 50 then bring them in on the back half?
Help, I don't want to :drown: or :eeew:
in fly you can go out fast and die or go out slow and die so it's better to go out fast and die especially SCY
This is good advice in general. But for someone who hasn't swum much recently, I don't know ... Easy speed fly with a long/strong stroke is still pretty fast. But going out "fast" is a recipe for disaster if you're not decently conditioned. (Think 100 back at IGLA, Paul.) Don't do it! And, if all goes well, there's nothing wrong with even splits or close splits on your first effort.
in fly you can go out fast and die or go out slow and die so it's better to go out fast and die especially SCY
This is good advice in general. But for someone who hasn't swum much recently, I don't know ... Easy speed fly with a long/strong stroke is still pretty fast. But going out "fast" is a recipe for disaster if you're not decently conditioned. (Think 100 back at IGLA, Paul.) Don't do it! And, if all goes well, there's nothing wrong with even splits or close splits on your first effort.
