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
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Andy and Bill,
Very helpful comments. I find that my biggest enemy is going out too fast. If I do, I get too tired and shorten my strokes and never find that nice tempo. If I can hold myself back just enough, it makes a big difference. Even going 1-2 seconds slower for a 50 can make a huge difference for me in the long run.
And yes, I will definitely think of it as 10 50s.
Rob
Andy and Bill,
Very helpful comments. I find that my biggest enemy is going out too fast. If I do, I get too tired and shorten my strokes and never find that nice tempo. If I can hold myself back just enough, it makes a big difference. Even going 1-2 seconds slower for a 50 can make a huge difference for me in the long run.
And yes, I will definitely think of it as 10 50s.
Rob
