I'm pretty sure about the answer to this, but I'm trying to get my endurance up for SCM meet in two weeks. Have had cast on hand one month (now off), but kept doing elliptical and kicking in pool, and in last three weeks have worked my way back up to intervals and regular full practices (two weeks of regular practices).
My free pace is pretty good, but fly... Hmm, endurance, especially for 100 fly, kind of not there. I mean, if I go slowly enough, no problem, but don't want to die when I push it for 400 IM. Should I call it a wrap for this meet, or is there anything I could do for the next week and a half? I'm figuring the last few days I should back off. Today I did a bunch of 100s and 75s of fly. Thought I should do that a few more times every other day or so, to see if I can lessen the amazing slowdown that occurs after the 50 wall.
Ever hoping for miracles, input would be most welcome.
I knew there wasn't any magic here, shucks! Maybe I'll make this an "anti-meet," where I swim as slowly and soothingly as I can, since that is how I got back to the pool in the first place a while back.
I've always wished there weren't times at meets, so that the focus would be more Zen-like, on the experience, but someone responded that then it wouldn't really be a race.
As a vegetarian, I *will* try the mash of lentil, the eye of tofu, the brain of pea . . .
I knew there wasn't any magic here, shucks! Maybe I'll make this an "anti-meet," where I swim as slowly and soothingly as I can, since that is how I got back to the pool in the first place a while back.
I've always wished there weren't times at meets, so that the focus would be more Zen-like, on the experience, but someone responded that then it wouldn't really be a race.
As a vegetarian, I *will* try the mash of lentil, the eye of tofu, the brain of pea . . .
