200 Challenge: Goal time, roadmap and status updates

Goal: 200 fly 2:18.99 SCM (1:07 + 1:11), 2:24.99 LCM (1:10 + 1:14) The SCM goal should be attainable provided that I taper and shave. Last time I swam 200 SCM fly, I went 2:22 unshaven and untapered. A 4 second drop for a 200 should not be a problem. LCM... I was well on my way to a 2:24 in Portland last summer, but the piano dropped at 175 meters and cost me about 4 seconds over the last 25. Result: 2:28. To deflect future pianos: - always breathe every other stroke. One mistake in Portland was that I allowed myself some extra breaths starting at around the 85 meter mark. Bad idea. - roughly a week before my next LCM 200 fly, do a 300 SCY fly in practice. (Or longer, even.) A few days before a short course 200 fly, doing a 200 fly in practice is good for my mental well-being. But 200 SCY is not enough before LCM. I need to be standing there behind the blocks thinking "ah, this will be easy compared to what I did a few days ago!" - as discussed in another thread, I banned sets of 25 flys, e.g. 20x25 fly on :30. It was too easy to fall back on those relatively lightweight sets. Now if I feel really tired, I can't go any lower than 50's. I do 75's several times a week now, and go longer than that much more than I used to.

Goal: 200 fly 2:18.99 SCM (1:07 + 1:11), 2:24.99 LCM (1:10 + 1:14) The SCM goal should be attainable provided that I taper and shave. Last time I swam 200 SCM fly, I went 2:22 unshaven and untapered. A 4 second drop for a 200 should not be a problem. LCM... I was well on my way to a 2:24 in Portland last summer, but the piano dropped at 175 meters and cost me about 4 seconds over the last 25. Result: 2:28. To deflect future pianos: - always breathe every other stroke. One mistake in Portland was that I allowed myself some extra breaths starting at around the 85 meter mark. Bad idea. - roughly a week before my next LCM 200 fly, do a 300 SCY fly in practice. (Or longer, even.) A few days before a short course 200 fly, doing a 200 fly in practice is good for my mental well-being. But 200 SCY is not enough before LCM. I need to be standing there behind the blocks thinking "ah, this will be easy compared to what I did a few days ago!" - as discussed in another thread, I banned sets of 25 flys, e.g. 20x25 fly on :30. It was too easy to fall back on those relatively lightweight sets. Now if I feel really tired, I can't go any lower than 50's. I do 75's several times a week now, and go longer than that much more than I used to.