I am planiing to swim this in a few weeks. I will be 50 in a few months and want to at least try for the National qualifying time of 5:50. Just curious from those who can swim this race in this time range. I will need to average 35 seconds for my 50s obviously but worry that it might be too fast for me.
I can probably swim a 1:02-1:05 for my SCY hundred free but I have a feeling that I will need to be able to swim a 55:00 for my 100 free to be able to maintain that 35 per 50 pace.
If you have done this, what is your hundred free time? What is your race strategy?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Rob
think of the 500 as ten 50's
the best way to race a 500 is:
1) swim the first 50 easier than you think you should
2) BREATHE every stroke
3) work your turns
4) push off the wall hard and glide FAR
5) do 1 or 2 SDKs off each turn
6) hold 50's 2 - 8 very even,
pick it up on #9 then
sprint #10 with everything you have,
your 100's should be pretty even,
your 250 splits should be pretty close,
-2 to 3 sec apart is correct,
4 - 6 is OK,
6 - 9 means you went out too hard
10 or more means you died
7) Train hard and far so you're well conditioned
8) work on speed too you're swimming less than 6 minutes
9) wear a speedy suit
I've written more in Swim Faster Faster
Ande
I am planiing to swim this in a few weeks. I will be 50 in a few months and want to at least try for the National qualifying time of 5:50. Just curious from those who can swim this race in this time range. I will need to average 35 seconds for my 50s obviously but worry that it might be too fast for me.
I can probably swim a 1:02-1:05 for my SCY hundred free but I have a feeling that I will need to be able to swim a 55:00 for my 100 free to be able to maintain that 35 per 50 pace.
If you have done this, what is your hundred free time? What is your race strategy?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Rob
think of the 500 as ten 50's
the best way to race a 500 is:
1) swim the first 50 easier than you think you should
2) BREATHE every stroke
3) work your turns
4) push off the wall hard and glide FAR
5) do 1 or 2 SDKs off each turn
6) hold 50's 2 - 8 very even,
pick it up on #9 then
sprint #10 with everything you have,
your 100's should be pretty even,
your 250 splits should be pretty close,
-2 to 3 sec apart is correct,
4 - 6 is OK,
6 - 9 means you went out too hard
10 or more means you died
7) Train hard and far so you're well conditioned
8) work on speed too you're swimming less than 6 minutes
9) wear a speedy suit
I've written more in Swim Faster Faster
Ande
I am planiing to swim this in a few weeks. I will be 50 in a few months and want to at least try for the National qualifying time of 5:50. Just curious from those who can swim this race in this time range. I will need to average 35 seconds for my 50s obviously but worry that it might be too fast for me.
I can probably swim a 1:02-1:05 for my SCY hundred free but I have a feeling that I will need to be able to swim a 55:00 for my 100 free to be able to maintain that 35 per 50 pace.
If you have done this, what is your hundred free time? What is your race strategy?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Rob
