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.
I guess everybody is entitled to pick their own form of self-abuse.
But I think there is a reason that jockeys hold back the thoroughbreds a little.
Once you die, you are shot. And by you, I mean me. If I tied up at the 150 yard mark, there is no way I can gut out that final 50 in a way that lets me get even close to my best time.
I think the 200 is like surfing a wave of lactate, or whatever compound it is that exercise physiologists now credit with that bodily lockjaw phenomenon so familiar to swimmers enduring "death."
You just can't become toast too early. The most I can personally hang of with arms turned to tungsten is 10-15 yards.
Look at the guys who win the Olympics. They all have the energy to do spirited fist pumps. When you really die hard, you can barely lift your arms above your shoulders...
I guess everybody is entitled to pick their own form of self-abuse.
But I think there is a reason that jockeys hold back the thoroughbreds a little.
Once you die, you are shot. And by you, I mean me. If I tied up at the 150 yard mark, there is no way I can gut out that final 50 in a way that lets me get even close to my best time.
I think the 200 is like surfing a wave of lactate, or whatever compound it is that exercise physiologists now credit with that bodily lockjaw phenomenon so familiar to swimmers enduring "death."
You just can't become toast too early. The most I can personally hang of with arms turned to tungsten is 10-15 yards.
Look at the guys who win the Olympics. They all have the energy to do spirited fist pumps. When you really die hard, you can barely lift your arms above your shoulders...
