Distance work out help IM?

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For the past month or so, I have been doing distance sets, just for my 500. What I'm asking is if this will help out in the 200 IM. My coach is giving me an opportunity to swim the IM this thursday, to see if I can swim it at leagues. My IM splits are (from 2 weeks ago): Fly - 31.8 (not going too hard in my opinion, as I swim 27s in relays) Back - 39.5 (as you can see, not my strongest stroke) *** - 40.6 (I guess it's okay, I can go 35s all out) Free - 35.2 Which is 227.1... My time before that was a 231, which is just okay. During distance sets, whenever I get the chance, I kick fly back or ***, just for additional help, and I try to work on my transition turns after practice (transitions are my BIGGEST problem in the IM). My goal splits are: Fly - 31 Back - 35 *** - 40 Free - 33 That adds up to 219, give or take a few tenths of a second. So, was all of that distance training for nothing? Or do you think that my goal splits are reasonable? Thanks for the help!
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  • Long axis, free and back...you are rolling on your long axis (longitudinal direction head to toe) Short axis, fly and ***....you are rotating on your short axis (transverse direction across your body's hips) transition IM sets like 8 x 150 "Indiana IMs" (one coach called them that and it's stuck with me) where you go fly-back-***, back-***-free, ***-free-fly, free-fly-back & repeat for building some IM endurance. Those are good, we also do alot of fly-back, back-br, br-fr which is fun too. By doing only 25's of each, you get alot more transition turn work.
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  • Long axis, free and back...you are rolling on your long axis (longitudinal direction head to toe) Short axis, fly and ***....you are rotating on your short axis (transverse direction across your body's hips) transition IM sets like 8 x 150 "Indiana IMs" (one coach called them that and it's stuck with me) where you go fly-back-***, back-***-free, ***-free-fly, free-fly-back & repeat for building some IM endurance. Those are good, we also do alot of fly-back, back-br, br-fr which is fun too. By doing only 25's of each, you get alot more transition turn work.
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