I have heard variations on the practice like you race idea since I was an age grouper and had always thought I was good at it but I just had a couple of realizations about how I created problems for myself.Lately I had noticed I was having a stall sometimes at the breakout of my BR pullout.I couldn't figure out what was the problem until I realized that one of my favorite sprint sets is 25s with a turn at the end.I would,of course,stop after the pullout and my body was learning to stop there.I'll now do 2 more strokes after each pullout.
At the meet yesterday I was shocked to realize that at the finish of my 100 BR I had my head up instead of down in complete streamline.In workout today I noticed I had gotten in the habit of lifting my head to look a the clock as I finished.
So how about you,any insights you have noticed about practice and meets?
I'm going on record here to say that I'll never be able to "practice like I race" in a workout in terms of speed in the same way I can for a meet. Maybe I'm selling myself short, but I just don't find the same enthusiasm for working out, nor can I seem to muster the same energy systems in a workout as I can in a race. I just find myself so much more psyched to race in a meet than in workout. I'm certainly working on working out harder/faster, but I find myself a much different and better racer these days in meets than in workouts.
Practicing great technique in workout ... absolutely trying to
Feeling like I'm going race pace in workout ... absolutely trying to
Actually going race pace in workout ... almost never delivering
Maybe I need a 3rd or 4th shot of espresso before my morning workouts!
I'm going on record here to say that I'll never be able to "practice like I race" in a workout in terms of speed in the same way I can for a meet. Maybe I'm selling myself short, but I just don't find the same enthusiasm for working out, nor can I seem to muster the same energy systems in a workout as I can in a race. I just find myself so much more psyched to race in a meet than in workout. I'm certainly working on working out harder/faster, but I find myself a much different and better racer these days in meets than in workouts.
Practicing great technique in workout ... absolutely trying to
Feeling like I'm going race pace in workout ... absolutely trying to
Actually going race pace in workout ... almost never delivering
Maybe I need a 3rd or 4th shot of espresso before my morning workouts!
