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 always try to enter the most I can. My problem (well, there are many, but I'll just consider one here : ) is that I like too many events. I would swim the 500-1650, all the back, 100-200 ***, all the IMS, and some fly. I'm usually miffed that I can't swim more. I know in So Cal they used to let you swim 11 events at their champ meet. I went down to MVN (in the 90s) for just that reason. It was great! I was tired, but I still did well.
Chris brought up what I was thinking too. I think you have to look at the lactate clearance of each athlete. I now know from Genadijus how much rest/warm down I need, and what to eat to best facilitate my recovery. You can't lump people into any kind of group where recovery is concerned.
:2cents:
I will say the toughest double in a meet is any event that comes right after a 200 back. The 200 back is a leg killer. My worst races always happened right after a 200 back. I won't enter these anymore.
I always try to enter the most I can. My problem (well, there are many, but I'll just consider one here : ) is that I like too many events. I would swim the 500-1650, all the back, 100-200 ***, all the IMS, and some fly. I'm usually miffed that I can't swim more. I know in So Cal they used to let you swim 11 events at their champ meet. I went down to MVN (in the 90s) for just that reason. It was great! I was tired, but I still did well.
Chris brought up what I was thinking too. I think you have to look at the lactate clearance of each athlete. I now know from Genadijus how much rest/warm down I need, and what to eat to best facilitate my recovery. You can't lump people into any kind of group where recovery is concerned.
:2cents:
I will say the toughest double in a meet is any event that comes right after a 200 back. The 200 back is a leg killer. My worst races always happened right after a 200 back. I won't enter these anymore.
