Did you break 1:50 in the 200yd fr as a Master's swimmer?
Former Member
I would really like to hear if you have broken 1:50 for the first time as a USMS swimmer. What level of training got you there?
I certainly want to hear from anyone who is going fast in the 200.
A little background: I only swam club for two years in HS, and outside of masters, only swam competitively for 3 years total. My best 200yd free time was a 1:50.0x. I am in my early 30s so I think setting PRs are still within easy reach. The season leading up to that time, I was averaging 65k/week iirc.
The Master's team I train with works out 3 times a week, 4-5k/workout, the average being closer to 4k. This is the only team that it is realistic for me to train with at this time.
We are getting a new pool in 2012, and until then I do not believe it is realistic to train with the kids.
There are two other pools in the area that do not have teams that train at them that I can workout on my own at.
It is very realistic that I can work with my MS coach to customize my workouts.
I have gone 2:10 from a push in practice, but I certainly couldn't go 3x200 on 2:10 right now. I am afraid my SCM 200 time actually converts slower than that, so I don't have a good recent race pace time to share.
Given that small book of information: Am I getting enough yardage, and I just need to focus my training on my goal, or do I need to increase yardage and workouts? To what level was successful for you?
If the consensus is a need for significantly more yardage and workouts, I will use this season to ramp up and solve logistics.
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Thanks for everyone's input. I had just hoped to get an idea if I needed to increase the number of workouts I am doing, and ended up getting a lot more out of the thread.
This is what I am doing:
5 workouts/week. 3 with the team and 2 on my own.
My coach knows my goal and is working with me to meet it.
During the team workouts, the main set will be on the fastest pace I can hold, with an eye towards dropping the pace. This is a problem, because this pace is faster than what the rest of the lane can hold and there is no faster lane nor more lane space right now. Doing one set on a faster interval seems to be fine with the lane.
The rest of team workout I will focus on six beat kick, technique, turns and steamlines.
The on my own practices will focus on sprint work, hard 200s, lots of kick and the back half of practice being aerobic pace work.
Lift 3x/week
My target meet this year is Zones at the end of March
The realistic target for breaking 1:50 is 2010 SCY season.
What I don't have pool space to do is race. The team pool has blocks, but no space, and the on my own pool has space but not blocks. I can probably get a good amount of start practice in, but not much 200 race from a start practice. Something that I would like to have that I will just have to deal with.
Thanks for everyone's input. I had just hoped to get an idea if I needed to increase the number of workouts I am doing, and ended up getting a lot more out of the thread.
This is what I am doing:
5 workouts/week. 3 with the team and 2 on my own.
My coach knows my goal and is working with me to meet it.
During the team workouts, the main set will be on the fastest pace I can hold, with an eye towards dropping the pace. This is a problem, because this pace is faster than what the rest of the lane can hold and there is no faster lane nor more lane space right now. Doing one set on a faster interval seems to be fine with the lane.
The rest of team workout I will focus on six beat kick, technique, turns and steamlines.
The on my own practices will focus on sprint work, hard 200s, lots of kick and the back half of practice being aerobic pace work.
Lift 3x/week
My target meet this year is Zones at the end of March
The realistic target for breaking 1:50 is 2010 SCY season.
What I don't have pool space to do is race. The team pool has blocks, but no space, and the on my own pool has space but not blocks. I can probably get a good amount of start practice in, but not much 200 race from a start practice. Something that I would like to have that I will just have to deal with.
