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.
I also liked That Guys mantra. But 9 underwater kicks off each wall in a 200 back may be asking for the check engine light to come on. :)
Like I noted before, a good test to see if you can race a 200 back that way is to complete a 1000 and a 1650 in practice the same way. I haven't attempted those distances under this protocol... I guess it's time to do that. My protocol is a bit different now though - I changed it to 10 kicks + 9 strokes because I found that at 9 + 9, I would often glide into turns. 10 + 9 seems to set me up for fast turns more consistently, even when my arms are getting tired. (Or if I'm feeling ambitious, 12 + 8 works nicely too... that'll probably be next year's protocol!) On the final length of a swim, I try to do 11 kicks so that I can get my hand on the wall without taking an extra stroke or gliding in. (Next year that'll be 13 :D)
I also liked That Guys mantra. But 9 underwater kicks off each wall in a 200 back may be asking for the check engine light to come on. :)
Like I noted before, a good test to see if you can race a 200 back that way is to complete a 1000 and a 1650 in practice the same way. I haven't attempted those distances under this protocol... I guess it's time to do that. My protocol is a bit different now though - I changed it to 10 kicks + 9 strokes because I found that at 9 + 9, I would often glide into turns. 10 + 9 seems to set me up for fast turns more consistently, even when my arms are getting tired. (Or if I'm feeling ambitious, 12 + 8 works nicely too... that'll probably be next year's protocol!) On the final length of a swim, I try to do 11 kicks so that I can get my hand on the wall without taking an extra stroke or gliding in. (Next year that'll be 13 :D)
