I couldn't find this question answered on the USMS site, so here goes....
What's the mix of courses in USMS competition?
I take it that Nationals are always LCM?
Below that, are there general trends I should expect to see, e.g. mostly SCM with some SCY but few LCM?
The reason I ask is that I want to know how best to train, especially if/when to spring for a membership where I can use a SCM pool (my gym is SCY), altho I'll probably do that anyway at some point b/c the gym pool has no blocks. :(
I'm also curious about others' experience with training SC and competing LC. There are some LC pools in the "big city" nearby, and perhaps I could do some training there as I get closer to having to compete LC (which hopefully I'll do eventually).
A rather open-ended post, I know, but any information is helpful.
I train pretty much exclusively scy, but I wind up swimming better in lcm. Maybe I'd swim even better lcm if I'd train lcm. My only scy times are from one specific pool, it could be that the pool is a "slow" one and the lcm pool I swim in is a "faster" pool. I also like to swim over-distance because I like swimming lcm.
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I train pretty much exclusively scy, but I wind up swimming better in lcm. Maybe I'd swim even better lcm if I'd train lcm. My only scy times are from one specific pool, it could be that the pool is a "slow" one and the lcm pool I swim in is a "faster" pool. I also like to swim over-distance because I like swimming lcm.
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