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.
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I think race pace is pretty specific. First you need a race that actually has a pace component, 200 or longer. There is no pace in the sprints, they are sprints.
So now you pick your target race, for me a 200. What is my pace? My goal for the 200 is 1:49.9, and I want to split 25.high, 27.high, 27.high, 27.high, so my race pace is 27.high. Now if I was in condition to actually go 1:49.9, I should be able to do 10x50 on 2:00 and break 28 every time.
If you are a sprinter and never do anything over 100, anything that is marked race pace can just be treated AFAP (as fast as possible).
If you are given a set of 10x100 on short rest, race pace, I don't know what race that would be the pace for. Maybe the 10k :)
I think race pace is pretty specific. First you need a race that actually has a pace component, 200 or longer. There is no pace in the sprints, they are sprints.
So now you pick your target race, for me a 200. What is my pace? My goal for the 200 is 1:49.9, and I want to split 25.high, 27.high, 27.high, 27.high, so my race pace is 27.high. Now if I was in condition to actually go 1:49.9, I should be able to do 10x50 on 2:00 and break 28 every time.
If you are a sprinter and never do anything over 100, anything that is marked race pace can just be treated AFAP (as fast as possible).
If you are given a set of 10x100 on short rest, race pace, I don't know what race that would be the pace for. Maybe the 10k :)
