I thought about "Ask Ande", but then I thought this might turn into a long topic depending on who replies.
alot of times when someone says they died in the last 50 of a 200, the responses are overwhelmingly slow down the first 50, or take it out slower to save yourself.
but I plan on taking a different approach to improving my times. Work on being able to finish my race. I have accepted the fact that for me to sprint under :27 or under 1:00 would take lots of speed work. but I only swim freestyle for fun and training for OW. I prefer IM and ***. Here is my currrent situation: 35 yrs old SCM
masters best 50m free 27.53
masters best 100m free 1:00.85
I got my 200 time down from 2:14 in nov 2008 to 2:10 in april 2009. But my split was 1:01.8.
29.44, 1:01.80 (32.36), 1:35.52 (33.72), 2:10.95 (35.43/1:09.15)
the first response I got from my teammates was you took it out too fast since I came back 7 sec slower. But did I go out too fast, or did I just not swim the last 100 or 75 to my best ability?
I felt I took it out nice and easy with long strokes. I started to pick up the arm speed for the 3rd 50, but maybe that was a mistake, maybe since I can't sprint I should have just increased the depth of my pull instead of the speed of my stroke.
I won't be swimming SCM again until sept/oct but I plan to try to swim it :
29.5 + 32.00 + 32.5 + 32.5 --> 2:06.5 (1:01.5 + 1:04 )
one of the 17 yr olds on our team swims the 50 and 100 around my times, 27.3 and 1:00.25 but he manages to swim the 200 in 2:07.61.
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How did you kick during your race?
I think you should have ideally split 30.5, 32.5, 32.5, 32.5, giving you a 2:07high or a 2:08low, 1:03 + 1:05.
You took it out too fast, but the arm speed might have been fine, you might have given it too much kick the first 50.
Practice splitting well, and remember what you are telling yourself mentally, so you can tell yourself the same thing during the race.
For example, I used tell myself to go slow, don't kick on the first 50 of my 200. Mentally, I thought I was going slow, but in reality, I was so hyped up on adrenaline that I was going out much faster than I felt.
How did you kick during your race?
I think you should have ideally split 30.5, 32.5, 32.5, 32.5, giving you a 2:07high or a 2:08low, 1:03 + 1:05.
You took it out too fast, but the arm speed might have been fine, you might have given it too much kick the first 50.
Practice splitting well, and remember what you are telling yourself mentally, so you can tell yourself the same thing during the race.
For example, I used tell myself to go slow, don't kick on the first 50 of my 200. Mentally, I thought I was going slow, but in reality, I was so hyped up on adrenaline that I was going out much faster than I felt.
