200 Breaststroke time

Generally, for all strokes for the 200, it's ideal for your last three 50 splits to be roughly the same, but that can be hard to do in breaststroke especially. What I try to do, and I've had my most successful 200 breasts doing it, is to hold back a little bit more than I think I should on the first 50, you always go faster than you think you are. Then try to hold the same pace on the second 50, which actually means about 3-4 seconds slower. Really kick it into gear and speed up the third 50, this is the make or break, it hurts like nothing else in the 2-*** but if you pull it off your third 50 will be about the same speed as the second. And for the last 50 tell yourself you only need to get through one more 50 and you might just survive. The adrenaline should carry you to a third 50 in a row at about the same pace. Then while you're trying to figure out how you're going to climb out of the pool in a somewhat dignified manner you'll probably tell yourself you're never swimming it again. Until later that evening when you're analyzing your splits and figuring out how you're going to drop a few seconds next time. Getting a good time in the 200 *** is the most satisfying thing in swimming, for me. You really feel like you earned it. If you can go a 31 and a 1:08 I bet with some conditioning you can be under 2:30 in the 200 no problem. In a perfect world you'd probably want to split it 34, 38, 38, 38 with the added tenths here and there that should put you at 2:29 or so. To do that though you need to do a lot of *** in practice. You should be able to do 37s and 38s from a push without killing yourself. If you can get down to where you can do a 1:15 for a 100 from a push without dying you'll be in good shape. Good luck with your future 200s. This is an awful, awful event to swim but if you can master it you can say that you've perfected the hardest event in swimming.

Generally, for all strokes for the 200, it's ideal for your last three 50 splits to be roughly the same, but that can be hard to do in breaststroke especially. What I try to do, and I've had my most successful 200 breasts doing it, is to hold back a little bit more than I think I should on the first 50, you always go faster than you think you are. Then try to hold the same pace on the second 50, which actually means about 3-4 seconds slower. Really kick it into gear and speed up the third 50, this is the make or break, it hurts like nothing else in the 2-*** but if you pull it off your third 50 will be about the same speed as the second. And for the last 50 tell yourself you only need to get through one more 50 and you might just survive. The adrenaline should carry you to a third 50 in a row at about the same pace. Then while you're trying to figure out how you're going to climb out of the pool in a somewhat dignified manner you'll probably tell yourself you're never swimming it again. Until later that evening when you're analyzing your splits and figuring out how you're going to drop a few seconds next time. Getting a good time in the 200 *** is the most satisfying thing in swimming, for me. You really feel like you earned it. If you can go a 31 and a 1:08 I bet with some conditioning you can be under 2:30 in the 200 no problem. In a perfect world you'd probably want to split it 34, 38, 38, 38 with the added tenths here and there that should put you at 2:29 or so. To do that though you need to do a lot of *** in practice. You should be able to do 37s and 38s from a push without killing yourself. If you can get down to where you can do a 1:15 for a 100 from a push without dying you'll be in good shape. Good luck with your future 200s. This is an awful, awful event to swim but if you can master it you can say that you've perfected the hardest event in swimming.