I think I need to up the speed on the first 50 a bit. At the meet on Sunday, my 50 time was 24.45, but my first 50 in the 100 was a 26.9. Interestingly, my first 50 at the meet 3 weeks ago was also a high 26 and that's when my 50 free was a 25.2. Let me just post the splits before this gets too confusing:
10/5: 50y free - 25.2 100y free - 56.65 (1st 50: 26.9)
10/26: 50y free - 24.45 100y free - 55.88 (1st 50: 26.9)
So I improved on the backend of my 100yd free only. I think maybe I'm not going out fast enough if I go out 2.5 secs slower than my 50y free time. Of course this is only one race and I had a goggle issue on the 100yd free Sunday plus I tweaked my lower back on the start. Also I think my endurance is better than what it used to be so I have to get used to that. I looked at some times from when I was 16 and I had a 25.5 50yd free, but a 59 sec 100 yd free ugh.
What's a good breakdown of the 100yd free?
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A masters coach used to have us do UEKS (pronounced yukes, effect is more like pukes) by 100s - 25 underwater, 25 easy, 25 sprint kick, 25 sprint swim. Try 5 of these on a modest interval - say, 20 seconds rest max. The first builds confidence, the third destroys it, the 5th is a joke if one is sincere about the effort thing.
I think this builds muscle and brain memory for these shorter, total intensity races. Closest simulation, in the absence of doing something singular for time, of that piano feeling on a 100 or 200 sprint I've been able to simulate in a workout.
DV
A masters coach used to have us do UEKS (pronounced yukes, effect is more like pukes) by 100s - 25 underwater, 25 easy, 25 sprint kick, 25 sprint swim. Try 5 of these on a modest interval - say, 20 seconds rest max. The first builds confidence, the third destroys it, the 5th is a joke if one is sincere about the effort thing.
I think this builds muscle and brain memory for these shorter, total intensity races. Closest simulation, in the absence of doing something singular for time, of that piano feeling on a 100 or 200 sprint I've been able to simulate in a workout.
DV
