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...?
As coaches, when and why do you assign brokens in practice? Close to a taper, during a taper?
I am not a coach, but we do them throughout the year. Good for developing a feel for race pace, although not necessary always a good lactate tolerance set (IMO).
For myself, broken 200s with 10 sec at each 50 tends to over-predict my race times -- ie, I recover too much during those 10 seconds. Especially true in butterfly/backstroke, less true in freestyle.
As coaches, when and why do you assign brokens in practice? Close to a taper, during a taper?
I am not a coach, but we do them throughout the year. Good for developing a feel for race pace, although not necessary always a good lactate tolerance set (IMO).
For myself, broken 200s with 10 sec at each 50 tends to over-predict my race times -- ie, I recover too much during those 10 seconds. Especially true in butterfly/backstroke, less true in freestyle.
