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?
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.
A big part has to do with how good a turner you are compared to others and how much those turns cost you - lots of time underwater in a 200 *** SCY. I will not be tapered next weekend, but will compare to how I did at LCM nats last year. I think my *** has steadily improved, which is fun. It does seem to be a stroke that one can tinker with endlessly.
Congrats on your break through in *** - that is really a great way to improve an IM.
Hope to meet you next weekend.
--mj
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.
A big part has to do with how good a turner you are compared to others and how much those turns cost you - lots of time underwater in a 200 *** SCY. I will not be tapered next weekend, but will compare to how I did at LCM nats last year. I think my *** has steadily improved, which is fun. It does seem to be a stroke that one can tinker with endlessly.
Congrats on your break through in *** - that is really a great way to improve an IM.
Hope to meet you next weekend.
--mj
