Hi all,
i'm looking for some workouts to work towards swimming as close as possible to 4000 for the 1 hr postal. I swim 3000-4000 per session with about 1 session per week in masters.
I did a 1000yd trial yesterday at the end of a workout and long weekend of workouts (i'm also a runner) and hit 15:40 - about 40 secs slower than my goal and i felt like i was sinking futher and further to the bottom of the pool with every lap.
I've been working towards locking into 1:30 per 100 pace with 100s on the 1:40, 200s on the 3:15, 250s on the 4:00. Is this the right approach to take? Anyone have sets i should be shooting for?
Thanks
i'm doing 3 5000 yds workouts/week, with a lot of 800's-1200's of various fartlek (ie. 200cruise,50fast,150cr,100fst,100cr,150fst,50cr,200fst). i'll never hit 4000, but may get 3600-3700 if i don't run before the 1hr.
sounds like we are similar speeds. i hit 3725 last year and i think i'm a bit faster this year but probably not 275s worth. i didn't run beforehand but i've been finding that my afternoon swims after long runs is where i've hit some of my best times so i start to wonder how much running really affects my swimming.
are you timing any of those longer intervals?
i'm doing 3 5000 yds workouts/week, with a lot of 800's-1200's of various fartlek (ie. 200cruise,50fast,150cr,100fst,100cr,150fst,50cr,200fst). i'll never hit 4000, but may get 3600-3700 if i don't run before the 1hr.
sounds like we are similar speeds. i hit 3725 last year and i think i'm a bit faster this year but probably not 275s worth. i didn't run beforehand but i've been finding that my afternoon swims after long runs is where i've hit some of my best times so i start to wonder how much running really affects my swimming.
are you timing any of those longer intervals?
