This may be opening a can of worms here, but I'm having an argument with someone in my group. If someone is drafting off of you in a pool set (like 4x200 SCY), does it hurt your effort? Does the lead swimmer have to work harder or experience some other negative benefit?
I've read a bit about aerodynamics and it would seem that in car racing, the lead car actually gets a positive benefit, but I'm not sure if that's true in swimming.
My group typically goes 10 seconds apart on non-fly sets and even with that sort of spacing I can definitely say going 2nd is an easier swim than going first. I've done 20x100 where we swap leaders every 5 and when I'm going second I turn in faster repeats than going first.
My group typically goes 10 seconds apart on non-fly sets and even with that sort of spacing I can definitely say going 2nd is an easier swim than going first. I've done 20x100 where we swap leaders every 5 and when I'm going second I turn in faster repeats than going first.
