I see many people saying that one should swim at or close to race pace in training. My question is how much rest should be allowed for the interval such as doing 100's on the 1:25 and coming in on 1:15 = 10 sec rest. I don't know about everyone else but I have a hard time maintaining race pace without significant rest or for prolonged periods. Thanks in advance.
Personally, I prefer the concept of "race intensity" rather than "race pace" as I find it very rare for me to be able to mimic the pace I want to achieve in a race throughout the workout season. What I can do is mimic the intensity of a race and let the times fall out where they will given where I am in my training. As far as the rest you get, I think that also depends upon where you are in your training and what events you're training for. For example, if I'm training for a distance free event, I'd opt for less rest on repeats as I need to train my body to hit the same intensity over and over again.
If I was training for sprints (which, um, I've never specifically trained for because I can't sprint), I'd opt for more rest ... because that's what I always see sprinters doing ... lounging around on the pool deck with lots of rest between short bursts of speed so mind-bogglingly quick that I have a very hard time wrapping my distance-mind around. :)
Personally, I prefer the concept of "race intensity" rather than "race pace" as I find it very rare for me to be able to mimic the pace I want to achieve in a race throughout the workout season. What I can do is mimic the intensity of a race and let the times fall out where they will given where I am in my training. As far as the rest you get, I think that also depends upon where you are in your training and what events you're training for. For example, if I'm training for a distance free event, I'd opt for less rest on repeats as I need to train my body to hit the same intensity over and over again.
If I was training for sprints (which, um, I've never specifically trained for because I can't sprint), I'd opt for more rest ... because that's what I always see sprinters doing ... lounging around on the pool deck with lots of rest between short bursts of speed so mind-bogglingly quick that I have a very hard time wrapping my distance-mind around. :)
