I was just wondering, how many of you typically enter the maximum number of events that you can? I always do. One of our new coaches wants us to try and focus more on our "stronger events" and skip the other events. I usually like to see how well I might do in a event I haven't done in awhile.
I'd argue that this statement should read: "We THINK we need more rest..."
AMEN!! I'd also argue that most of this rest between events crap is all in your mind. I will not disagree that most of us have X many meets of experience of not doing well with limited rest, and yes, swimming 4-5 events in a day/2 days in a row is taxing. But it works both ways. If any of you read Fort's posts and blog, we all know she in particular has plenty of examples of dissatisfying swims coming in 1 or 2 event per-day meets.
Nice try, Muppet.
I only swim 1 event per day in USA meets, typically swimming off events like the 200 back or 100 fly. I was perfectly happy with my times this summer swimming this way; they were PBs.
At masters meets, I tend to swim 3 events per day unless it's a relay meet. But 2 is good as well. I'm not alone in thinking that it is optimal to swim 2-3 events per day. I've heard Wally and Jeff make the same statement! (And I haven't been particularly "dissatisfied" with my times over the last year. To the contrary.)
As for "it's all in your mind," I disagree for four reasons. #1 Real experience: At Zones this year, when I stepped up to swim my 5th or 6th event of the day (a relay) on short rest, I was exhausted to the bone and swam the slowest 50 free of my masters career, over 2 seconds off my PB. # Mental: I agree with Chris. At a taper meet, it takes some mental energy to get really "up" for an event. Fatigue gets in the way of that. #3 Qbrain's point: I don't train for lactate tolerance; thus, I don't recover as quickly as you short rest 6000 yard practice geeks. :-P #4 I'm old. I don't have the superpowers of you 20 somethings. Bottom line for me: More rest = faster swimming.
Chris, I suspect you recover more quickly from a 200 fly than I do from a 100 fly ... A 200 back kills the rest of the day for me. We fast twitchers are just different!
I'd argue that this statement should read: "We THINK we need more rest..."
AMEN!! I'd also argue that most of this rest between events crap is all in your mind. I will not disagree that most of us have X many meets of experience of not doing well with limited rest, and yes, swimming 4-5 events in a day/2 days in a row is taxing. But it works both ways. If any of you read Fort's posts and blog, we all know she in particular has plenty of examples of dissatisfying swims coming in 1 or 2 event per-day meets.
Nice try, Muppet.
I only swim 1 event per day in USA meets, typically swimming off events like the 200 back or 100 fly. I was perfectly happy with my times this summer swimming this way; they were PBs.
At masters meets, I tend to swim 3 events per day unless it's a relay meet. But 2 is good as well. I'm not alone in thinking that it is optimal to swim 2-3 events per day. I've heard Wally and Jeff make the same statement! (And I haven't been particularly "dissatisfied" with my times over the last year. To the contrary.)
As for "it's all in your mind," I disagree for four reasons. #1 Real experience: At Zones this year, when I stepped up to swim my 5th or 6th event of the day (a relay) on short rest, I was exhausted to the bone and swam the slowest 50 free of my masters career, over 2 seconds off my PB. # Mental: I agree with Chris. At a taper meet, it takes some mental energy to get really "up" for an event. Fatigue gets in the way of that. #3 Qbrain's point: I don't train for lactate tolerance; thus, I don't recover as quickly as you short rest 6000 yard practice geeks. :-P #4 I'm old. I don't have the superpowers of you 20 somethings. Bottom line for me: More rest = faster swimming.
Chris, I suspect you recover more quickly from a 200 fly than I do from a 100 fly ... A 200 back kills the rest of the day for me. We fast twitchers are just different!
