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
I think 4 is better advice than 5 unless you have a very good SDK. There are lots of good distance swimmers who hardly kick off the wall at all. SDK's can certainly be fast, but they also take a toll. For someone already conerned about dying in a 500 I'm not sure this should be a focus point.
This is a good point. Of the two fastest guys on our team, one is great at SDK, the other doesn't even bother. The maniacal focus on SDK or bilateral breathing is only worth it if you actually improve.
I think 4 is better advice than 5 unless you have a very good SDK. There are lots of good distance swimmers who hardly kick off the wall at all. SDK's can certainly be fast, but they also take a toll. For someone already conerned about dying in a 500 I'm not sure this should be a focus point.
This is a good point. Of the two fastest guys on our team, one is great at SDK, the other doesn't even bother. The maniacal focus on SDK or bilateral breathing is only worth it if you actually improve.
