200 Challenge: Goal time, roadmap and status updates

So I assume your goal time is about 1:53.To do that you are going to have to be able to go at least under 1:00 in workouts( you can have some fudge factor if you are one of those who drops a lot when you taper,or own a Jaked.On the other hand if you plan to swim the second 100 closer to the first,as is common for freestylers,you may want to be faster.).Remember I said do enough rest to meet the goal time.A good rule of thuimb is about 1:2 swim:rest or in this case about 100s on the 3 min would be a good place to start. 1:54.99 actually. This makes sense to me. I guess the issue I'm facing, at least during an organized practice, is that something like that is nearly impossible. I can possibly swim every other during a set but our sets are usually 3-4 repeats before we move on to something else which makes that a challenge. Plus I just feel so weird saying 'I'm only going to swim every other' and I feel guilty for throwing everyone off of thier intervals by going on the first one, then resting, then going, etc... We start next week at our indoor pool and I'm going to try to swim there 3 days per week so maybe that will make a difference.

So I assume your goal time is about 1:53.To do that you are going to have to be able to go at least under 1:00 in workouts( you can have some fudge factor if you are one of those who drops a lot when you taper,or own a Jaked.On the other hand if you plan to swim the second 100 closer to the first,as is common for freestylers,you may want to be faster.).Remember I said do enough rest to meet the goal time.A good rule of thuimb is about 1:2 swim:rest or in this case about 100s on the 3 min would be a good place to start. 1:54.99 actually. This makes sense to me. I guess the issue I'm facing, at least during an organized practice, is that something like that is nearly impossible. I can possibly swim every other during a set but our sets are usually 3-4 repeats before we move on to something else which makes that a challenge. Plus I just feel so weird saying 'I'm only going to swim every other' and I feel guilty for throwing everyone off of thier intervals by going on the first one, then resting, then going, etc... We start next week at our indoor pool and I'm going to try to swim there 3 days per week so maybe that will make a difference.