First day yesterday back in the local long course pool. That first LC swim is always a rude awakening. You get to concentrate on your swimming a great deal more, which is a plus, but wow, where is that wall???
Does anybody else feel like crap on that first day, or am I just a big wuss? (Yes, I know, these are not mutually exclusive statements; the "or" isn't really warranted. Humor me.)
Have never swum a LC meet in my life, but plan to do several this summer. Anybody got any magic spells to shorten the pool?
That is why I starting swimming the 200 *** in LCM. Although last year, I needed a 3:03(did 3:14 at a inseason LCM meet) to make it in the 30-34. But, I couldn't do swim it at my LCM zones due to other events. But, I did do a 2:58 a few weeks ago at a USAS meet. So, If I can do that, I am sure that you wouldn't have a problem going faster than 2:58.
Thanks :) So now I'm trying to figure out what seed time I would use if I were to enter the 2 ***.
Three years ago I went 2:58 in SCM, two years ago I went 2:41 in SCY, and last year I went 1:31 for a 100 LCM. But all of those were done with frog kick. Also, for NW Zones I will be tapered and shaven and wearing a faster suit. I've never done a breaststroke event in a taper meet before! So let's see here...
Previous times * conversion factors - taper effect / suit factor + shavedown - whip kick improvement factor / wind factor because it's an outdoor pool * pi (you know, curvature of the earth and all that) = :censor:
Take a note, sandbaggers, this is how it's done! :banana:
...I could put down something in the 2:50-2:55 range. I need to do more fast breaststroke swims in practice to figure out how much my improvement per 100 really is. Today I was doing IM's so it was hard to tell exactly, but it was a dramatic difference. Fastest practice 400 IM I've done in years.
That is why I starting swimming the 200 *** in LCM. Although last year, I needed a 3:03(did 3:14 at a inseason LCM meet) to make it in the 30-34. But, I couldn't do swim it at my LCM zones due to other events. But, I did do a 2:58 a few weeks ago at a USAS meet. So, If I can do that, I am sure that you wouldn't have a problem going faster than 2:58.
Thanks :) So now I'm trying to figure out what seed time I would use if I were to enter the 2 ***.
Three years ago I went 2:58 in SCM, two years ago I went 2:41 in SCY, and last year I went 1:31 for a 100 LCM. But all of those were done with frog kick. Also, for NW Zones I will be tapered and shaven and wearing a faster suit. I've never done a breaststroke event in a taper meet before! So let's see here...
Previous times * conversion factors - taper effect / suit factor + shavedown - whip kick improvement factor / wind factor because it's an outdoor pool * pi (you know, curvature of the earth and all that) = :censor:
Take a note, sandbaggers, this is how it's done! :banana:
...I could put down something in the 2:50-2:55 range. I need to do more fast breaststroke swims in practice to figure out how much my improvement per 100 really is. Today I was doing IM's so it was hard to tell exactly, but it was a dramatic difference. Fastest practice 400 IM I've done in years.
