How do they relate to race times?
I did a broken 200 IM in practice the other day, took a 80 second rest between 50's while swimming and easy 50 free. Swam each 50 as i wold in the race. Fly was long and rythmic. Back was mostly arms breathing as much as possible. *** was all out, free all out.
Went in order:(push starts on all)
27
32
35
26
Any guesses how that might translate to tapered, shaved, race suited, etc...?
Doing a broken 200 I.M. with 10 seconds rest in-between each 50 and subtracting 30 seconds off the total time (you include the rest in the total time), is a pretty accurate comparison to what you would do in a meet.
If you are looking to get an idea on what you would do in a 50, you need to be taking more rest between each one. Try doing 4 x 50 on 4 minutes(be sure you do an easy swim recovery between each). Ideally you want each swim to be at least a 95% effort. If your best time in a meet is 25 seconds, you want to be within 1.25 seconds of that time in practice on an all-out 50 from a dive.
Doing a broken 200 I.M. with 10 seconds rest in-between each 50 and subtracting 30 seconds off the total time (you include the rest in the total time), is a pretty accurate comparison to what you would do in a meet.
If you are looking to get an idea on what you would do in a 50, you need to be taking more rest between each one. Try doing 4 x 50 on 4 minutes(be sure you do an easy swim recovery between each). Ideally you want each swim to be at least a 95% effort. If your best time in a meet is 25 seconds, you want to be within 1.25 seconds of that time in practice on an all-out 50 from a dive.
