200 Challenge: Goal time, roadmap and status updates
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This thread is for people to post their goals for the 200 (in any stroke), outline how they plan to get there, progress updates and to get feed back on their plans and updates.
Goal: 200 SCY backstroke 2:03.99. (Lifetime best from college: 2:04.11)
Timeline: next year :sad:
My backstroke technique has markedly improved over the last 3 years. I've also slowly increased the number of SDK's that I can take off every wall. When I swam 2:07.32 unshaven and untapered in March, I thought I had a lifetime best in my sights. But I ran into a bad allergy cold last month, and dropped less than half a second to 2:06.96 to end the SCY season.
As a new protocol for this training cycle, I've been swimming backstroke "to the nines" - 9 or more SDK's off every wall and no more than 9 strokes per length.* I'm still adapting to it. Any time I'm tempted to surface early for some dumb reason, you know, like needing air or some crap, I just remember my battle cry - TO THE NINES!!!!!! A good battle cry gets me through the suffocation. Once I complete the 1000 and 1650 backstrokes to the nines, I'll know I'm good to go.
Now that I think about it, within a year I might be following the "this one goes to 11" protocol! How's that supposed to work, if I'm cracking up laughing underwater every 25?!? :rofl:
* except during IM's of 200 yards or more. I typically lose 2 kicks and gain 2 strokes due to being a bit winded from fly... and I'm OK with that...
Goal: 200 SCY backstroke 2:03.99. (Lifetime best from college: 2:04.11)
Timeline: next year :sad:
My backstroke technique has markedly improved over the last 3 years. I've also slowly increased the number of SDK's that I can take off every wall. When I swam 2:07.32 unshaven and untapered in March, I thought I had a lifetime best in my sights. But I ran into a bad allergy cold last month, and dropped less than half a second to 2:06.96 to end the SCY season.
As a new protocol for this training cycle, I've been swimming backstroke "to the nines" - 9 or more SDK's off every wall and no more than 9 strokes per length.* I'm still adapting to it. Any time I'm tempted to surface early for some dumb reason, you know, like needing air or some crap, I just remember my battle cry - TO THE NINES!!!!!! A good battle cry gets me through the suffocation. Once I complete the 1000 and 1650 backstrokes to the nines, I'll know I'm good to go.
Now that I think about it, within a year I might be following the "this one goes to 11" protocol! How's that supposed to work, if I'm cracking up laughing underwater every 25?!? :rofl:
* except during IM's of 200 yards or more. I typically lose 2 kicks and gain 2 strokes due to being a bit winded from fly... and I'm OK with that...
