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.
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Roadmap:
1. Increase base Endurance with loong swims. (sets of 2000's maybe?)
I agree with Syd's suggestions, the long swims are not the kind of endurance you need.
Endurance probably isn't even the right word for a 200, maybe pain tolerance :) On the aerobic side, you want to do the typical Xx100s on T, where T is as low as you can tolerate. On the lactic endurance side, you want to do something similar set wise, but with T giving you lots of rest and your pace being close or at race pace. Both painful, both helpful "endurance" work. One you endure oxygen debt and the other you endurance lactic buildup.
Roadmap:
1. Increase base Endurance with loong swims. (sets of 2000's maybe?)
I agree with Syd's suggestions, the long swims are not the kind of endurance you need.
Endurance probably isn't even the right word for a 200, maybe pain tolerance :) On the aerobic side, you want to do the typical Xx100s on T, where T is as low as you can tolerate. On the lactic endurance side, you want to do something similar set wise, but with T giving you lots of rest and your pace being close or at race pace. Both painful, both helpful "endurance" work. One you endure oxygen debt and the other you endurance lactic buildup.
