200 Challenge: Goal time, roadmap and status updates

Goal: 1:49.99 200fr scy Current: 2:02.33 I finished my scy season pretty far off my goal time, but I am still dropping time at every meet. For the 2010 scy season, I do think I will be ready to hit my goal. Roadmap: - increase sprint endurance by racing 200 free more often, and training fast 200s in practice - incorporate my kick into my 200. Currently, I save my kick for the end of my 200, which used to be necessary. My kick is much stronger than it was, and will continue to improve, so I need to work my kick into my 200 strategy from the beginning of the race. - walls! My biggest easy time drop will come from being faster inside the flags. I am doing something wrong here in practice and it is carrying over into the races. I have not put my finger on how to correct this, but I know the problem exists and before the end of the summer should understand how it can be resolved. - increase my yardage. My old team disbanded, and I am getting less yardage in with my new team. I need to get more yards in solo, working sprint endurance specifically. - work sprinting when training with the team. The new team has lots of short distance sets (50s, 100s, 200s) with lots of rest. This is ideal for working on my sprinting, if I can keep from lazily going through the motions. I don't have a LCM goal for the 200, since I think I have only swam it twice in my life, and will probably only swim it once during the LCM season this year. SCM goal: 2:04.99 unshaved, untapered at DAM Fall SCM Meet

Goal: 1:49.99 200fr scy Current: 2:02.33 I finished my scy season pretty far off my goal time, but I am still dropping time at every meet. For the 2010 scy season, I do think I will be ready to hit my goal. Roadmap: - increase sprint endurance by racing 200 free more often, and training fast 200s in practice - incorporate my kick into my 200. Currently, I save my kick for the end of my 200, which used to be necessary. My kick is much stronger than it was, and will continue to improve, so I need to work my kick into my 200 strategy from the beginning of the race. - walls! My biggest easy time drop will come from being faster inside the flags. I am doing something wrong here in practice and it is carrying over into the races. I have not put my finger on how to correct this, but I know the problem exists and before the end of the summer should understand how it can be resolved. - increase my yardage. My old team disbanded, and I am getting less yardage in with my new team. I need to get more yards in solo, working sprint endurance specifically. - work sprinting when training with the team. The new team has lots of short distance sets (50s, 100s, 200s) with lots of rest. This is ideal for working on my sprinting, if I can keep from lazily going through the motions. I don't have a LCM goal for the 200, since I think I have only swam it twice in my life, and will probably only swim it once during the LCM season this year. SCM goal: 2:04.99 unshaved, untapered at DAM Fall SCM Meet