Swimming my first 1000 free Sunday. How should this be paced based on the 500? If I average 1:14's for the 500, can I hold this or will breakfeast reverse on me?
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Build each 100 but only descend the last 100? Keep the rest even?
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
My advice, don'tdoitdon'tdoitdon'tdoit.
Feel free to ignore my advice at your own peril.
Good luck.
I do have some anti-advice! Don't go all out the first 50 and hold on for the last 950.
The idea here is that even though I feel like I am negative splitting, I may not be and it will end up even?
Possibly. An even split isn't a bad thing. Being your first one, don't worry too much about splitting. Get the swim under your belt, then focus on how to split...but if you feel as though you are trying to neg/even split, the race might be enjoyable for you
Swimming my first 1000 free Sunday. How should this be paced based on the 500? If I average 1:14's for the 500, can I hold this or will breakfeast reverse on me?
I lived my young life as a distance swimmer and now as a master, I am still doing it. The best advice I can give is:
- do not to pace off anyone (I cant tell you how many times i got "hooked" going out fast with someone or having some sand-bagger in my heat that is really 40 seconds faster than the time they entered):bouncing:
- make sure to talk to your counter and have a game plan on where you want to be at the different points in the race and what signals to use with the counter (I use 500 & 800 to see if I am on pace):blah:
- try to work your turns. Its amazing how much time you can shave off just by working your turns. :bliss:
GOOD LUCK!
I swam my first 800m last year.
swam it
1:10.64
2:25.98
3:43.31
5:02.59
6:23.96
7:45.93
9:07.21
10:26.62 (~5:24)
roughly 1:10, 1:15, 1:18, 1:19, 1:21, 1;21, 1:22, 1:19
I later that meet swam the 400m in 5:02 so something wasn't right with that swim.
now I can swim the 400m in 4:41, my goal for this years 800m is under 10:00 or faster, hoping that I don't go over 1:15
But it's diffinetly something you have to learn to race and you can only do that by swimming it in meets.
One thing I've played with to try to force myself to follow an even pace is breathing patterns. In the early part of the race, more strokes per breath, and progressively decrease it until I'm breathing every 2 strokes at the end. For example a 400 free LCM I broke into 1/4ths, and my pattern by 100 was 4, 3, 3/2 alternating, and 2. I've found this helps my splits even out. My distance times are nothing to get excited about, but I like it when my splits are all within a second or so (corrected for the start which gives you 1-2 seconds).
Other people have suggested breathing as much as possible, every 2 strokes, the whole race. In that case I guess you just have to have a very well-developed sense of pacing.
Thanks for the good advice. I am sandbagging just a bit because I did not want to be in the final heat since I am also swimming the next event. I will tip off my lane mates before the race. Sandbagging a sprint is no big deal, but in an aerobic effort, it is nice to what people around you are going to do.
My first 1000 in a meet, my goggles fell off, and I threw them away.
In a 1000, I would stop and put them back on!
I tend to practice and race the 1000 at 500 pace +:02/100. I find the 1000 to be the most enjoyable of the distance genre. Even the 500 these days is become a controlled sprint.
You could try my pain-free method. Take the first 500 out nice and easy, then swim the second 500 fifteen seconds faster without any noticeable pain.
Sadly, my time was the same as when I killed myself in the first 500 the previous time I "raced" the 1000.
Obviously pacing is important.
This year, in approximately one week and four days, I too will be swimming the 1000. I am going to try to find that magical place where I am pushing myself hard but not hating swimming for 36 lengths. Also, I am going to be at one with whatever pain occurs and then concentrate on the pretty, pretty tiles on the bottom of the pool, oh what pretty tiles, oh still on the teens, oh well, what pretty tiles, etcetera.
Generally I go for low standards: finish, and don't DQ. Anything else is a plus.
Good luck.
You can see that I am obviously an elite and highly competitive swimmer (not). I do wonder why I always sign up for the 1000. It is my best event, but most puzzling in terms of strategy.
