So I have decided to focus on the 1500/1650, partly because I seem to have misplaced the three fast twitch fibers I once owned, and partly because guys named Smith are now swimming the 500 and even the 1000. Geek suggested that I build my endurance with dryland work, but unlike him I have a job and limited time to train, and I don't really want to give up pool time. Any suggestions?
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As a reminder, there's this good old Critical Swim Speed concept that would allow you to build smart sets. Based on two inputs, it can guide you in determining what target pace should be for any (longish) distance. For instance, you supply the 200 and the 400, you get the 3000. So you can tune a set of 15x200 on precise pace using this old principle.
So my CSS is faster than my "En2/anaerobic threshold" pace (derived from a T-1000) but slightly slower than my goal 1500 pace. You are saying that once or twice a week I should be doing sets like 10 x 200 with 20 seconds rest swimming at my CSS, correct?
As a reminder, there's this good old Critical Swim Speed concept that would allow you to build smart sets. Based on two inputs, it can guide you in determining what target pace should be for any (longish) distance. For instance, you supply the 200 and the 400, you get the 3000. So you can tune a set of 15x200 on precise pace using this old principle.
So my CSS is faster than my "En2/anaerobic threshold" pace (derived from a T-1000) but slightly slower than my goal 1500 pace. You are saying that once or twice a week I should be doing sets like 10 x 200 with 20 seconds rest swimming at my CSS, correct?
