Mathematically, how do you work out 'three quarter pace"?
Let's say (for the sake of easy calculations) your best time for an event is 1 minute. In practice, you want to go three quarter pace. So a 100% effort will result in a time of 60 seconds. A 75% effort should result in a longer time. My rudimentary maths tells me I should divide 100 by 75 and multiply the result by 60. That works out to 80 seconds, which is a minute and 20 seconds. Why does that sound much slower than what I would normally envisage three quarter pace to be? Or is my maths completely messed up?
I've used the sharp stress score for quantifying swim training load. Easier in practice. The easiest though, is to use the Sharp score of a swim and multiply by yards instead of minutes. Well technically the easiest is just to use yards, but that is subject to pretty big variations depending on the quality.
The method you use to quantify your training load is not nearly as important as what you do with the number though. Phil Skiba's software implements the Banister model and gives great info on training load, effectiveness and taper.
So yes, I have looked into it but not found the plusses to outweigh the minuses of entering the data into a spreadsheet for every workout. I use sharp stress score, which is actually implemented into personal swim manager autoamtically.
I've used the sharp stress score for quantifying swim training load. Easier in practice. The easiest though, is to use the Sharp score of a swim and multiply by yards instead of minutes. Well technically the easiest is just to use yards, but that is subject to pretty big variations depending on the quality.
The method you use to quantify your training load is not nearly as important as what you do with the number though. Phil Skiba's software implements the Banister model and gives great info on training load, effectiveness and taper.
So yes, I have looked into it but not found the plusses to outweigh the minuses of entering the data into a spreadsheet for every workout. I use sharp stress score, which is actually implemented into personal swim manager autoamtically.
