1st 1000 free. Need advice.

Swim the first 500 in a comfortable, controlled pace. The second 500, feel like you are building each 100 within that 500. Feel as though you maybe negative splitting the race. You dont want to go out so fast that each 100 gets a lot slower. As this is your first one, swim it, try to feel as though you went faster on the second half, get your splits, study them for the next one Very sound advice. I always find that I actually have to consciously try to really slow down the 1st 200. One thing that really works well for me is to count my strokes during the first 70% of the race. Start counting your strokes on your second 50 and for the next 650, just try to maintain that same stroke count. That should force a long stroke length. I generally start building the last 300. I find if I try to start building on the 6th hundred, I go too hard and get tired. My advice, don'tdoitdon'tdoitdon'tdoit. Feel free to ignore my advice at your own peril. Ignore qbrain's advice; there's no peril. The idea here is that even though I feel like I am negative splitting, I may not be and it will end up even? Yes. Even if you positive split, that's not the end of the world. My best 1000 ever was a controlled, but positive split. The key is not to have a "monkey on the back" positive split.

Swim the first 500 in a comfortable, controlled pace. The second 500, feel like you are building each 100 within that 500. Feel as though you maybe negative splitting the race. You dont want to go out so fast that each 100 gets a lot slower. As this is your first one, swim it, try to feel as though you went faster on the second half, get your splits, study them for the next one Very sound advice. I always find that I actually have to consciously try to really slow down the 1st 200. One thing that really works well for me is to count my strokes during the first 70% of the race. Start counting your strokes on your second 50 and for the next 650, just try to maintain that same stroke count. That should force a long stroke length. I generally start building the last 300. I find if I try to start building on the 6th hundred, I go too hard and get tired. My advice, don'tdoitdon'tdoitdon'tdoit. Feel free to ignore my advice at your own peril. Ignore qbrain's advice; there's no peril. The idea here is that even though I feel like I am negative splitting, I may not be and it will end up even? Yes. Even if you positive split, that's not the end of the world. My best 1000 ever was a controlled, but positive split. The key is not to have a "monkey on the back" positive split.