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 know I posted before describing what I do with regard to a 50, but (again) I am hypocritical of what I coach. I coach my swimmers to swim the first 25 at a slower pace and kick it in for the last 75. Different physiological reasons for that, but that's how we train the age-groupers and the masters swimmers.
If I don't go all out from the get go I will have a terrible swim - time wise and feeling wise. I am not able to back off the legs at all in the first 25. I've tried this out and it always ends up much slower and still as painful as if I just go all out from the start.
As an aside, when I started swimming this way I also started working on kicking a lot more in practice - set aside days to just kick, and tried to 6 beat kick constantly in practice even if it was an easy 6 beat kick.
I know I posted before describing what I do with regard to a 50, but (again) I am hypocritical of what I coach. I coach my swimmers to swim the first 25 at a slower pace and kick it in for the last 75. Different physiological reasons for that, but that's how we train the age-groupers and the masters swimmers.
If I don't go all out from the get go I will have a terrible swim - time wise and feeling wise. I am not able to back off the legs at all in the first 25. I've tried this out and it always ends up much slower and still as painful as if I just go all out from the start.
As an aside, when I started swimming this way I also started working on kicking a lot more in practice - set aside days to just kick, and tried to 6 beat kick constantly in practice even if it was an easy 6 beat kick.
