I'm new to masters this year and have had two meets since January. The first 500 was 5:50 and the second one was 5:51. I can't hold on to my pace after 350. I'm 49 and am working out 5 days a week. Most days are 3000 yards. Once a week I go 4000 yards. Most of my workouts are 250-500 yard swims, with some 100's on 1:30. I can go 6:10 in the middle of practice without killing myself. Why can't I do better in a meet? In meets my first 100 is 1:03 and at 200 at 2:11. Why the fall off? Any meet nutruition ideas? Workout ideas? Pacing ideas?
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Thank you so much for your responses! This is encouraging. I'll read up on the links. I do plan on going to nationals next month, so I'll experiment with timed 500's on each of the next 4 saturdays. I want to get this pace down. Any workout suggestions for the 500? For reference, my meet times are: 26.7 - 50 free, 57.4 - 100 free and 2:07.2 in the 200 free. These are also all of the events I plan on swimming at nationals. The 500 is the event I'm most interested in doing well with.
Thank you so much for your responses! This is encouraging. I'll read up on the links. I do plan on going to nationals next month, so I'll experiment with timed 500's on each of the next 4 saturdays. I want to get this pace down. Any workout suggestions for the 500? For reference, my meet times are: 26.7 - 50 free, 57.4 - 100 free and 2:07.2 in the 200 free. These are also all of the events I plan on swimming at nationals. The 500 is the event I'm most interested in doing well with.
