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
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?
as best i can, since 50% of time i forget what lap i'm on and end up swimming further than planned distance:blush: today for instance i did 1000,800,600,500,400,300,200,100....broken by 4, with alternating cruise/hard. ie 1000-250cruise/250hard/250cruise/250hard
something is wrong if you swim faster right after running. run harder or farther and that should cure it.:)
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?
as best i can, since 50% of time i forget what lap i'm on and end up swimming further than planned distance:blush: today for instance i did 1000,800,600,500,400,300,200,100....broken by 4, with alternating cruise/hard. ie 1000-250cruise/250hard/250cruise/250hard
something is wrong if you swim faster right after running. run harder or farther and that should cure it.:)
