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?
I think one needs to take into consideration your stroke. do you swim freestyle the same when you swim the 50 vs 100?
I think that I have a different arm speed and grip of the water when I "try" to swim the 50. I stress myself so that I don't move fwd as much as I should with each arm. when I swim the 100 I have a more correct stroke and therefore can swim faster.
I currently swim the 50scm 27.68. (approx 24.8-24.9 scy) but really haven't had a race that everything worked. either slow start, foot sliding on wall, started turn too early and only had toe contact...I've never in my life swam a 50scm under 27.0. My 50 goal is to get under 27.00
my current 100scm time is 1:00.94. my splits were 28.92 / 32.02. My goal is to get under 1:00. but I also know that I can't get my splits to 1-2 seconds because my body doesn't work that way. for me to get to 59.99 i will have to open 28.0 and come home in 31.99 nearly 4 seconds. but what I am hoping is that I can come back in something faster than 31.99 and maybe get my time down to 59.3
it's the same thing in breaststroke. I have to open fast, because I die the same amount the second 50. my last race 34.78 / 39.83 = 1:14.61 Nearly 5 seconds difference. My 50 time is 33.37 so I don't see myself swimming the first 50 anything under 34.5. so if I am ever going to get to 1:12 scm I need to be able to swim the second 50 in 37.5
I think one needs to take into consideration your stroke. do you swim freestyle the same when you swim the 50 vs 100?
I think that I have a different arm speed and grip of the water when I "try" to swim the 50. I stress myself so that I don't move fwd as much as I should with each arm. when I swim the 100 I have a more correct stroke and therefore can swim faster.
I currently swim the 50scm 27.68. (approx 24.8-24.9 scy) but really haven't had a race that everything worked. either slow start, foot sliding on wall, started turn too early and only had toe contact...I've never in my life swam a 50scm under 27.0. My 50 goal is to get under 27.00
my current 100scm time is 1:00.94. my splits were 28.92 / 32.02. My goal is to get under 1:00. but I also know that I can't get my splits to 1-2 seconds because my body doesn't work that way. for me to get to 59.99 i will have to open 28.0 and come home in 31.99 nearly 4 seconds. but what I am hoping is that I can come back in something faster than 31.99 and maybe get my time down to 59.3
it's the same thing in breaststroke. I have to open fast, because I die the same amount the second 50. my last race 34.78 / 39.83 = 1:14.61 Nearly 5 seconds difference. My 50 time is 33.37 so I don't see myself swimming the first 50 anything under 34.5. so if I am ever going to get to 1:12 scm I need to be able to swim the second 50 in 37.5
