My goal meet is March 27/28. I am swimming 10 individual events and relays. My focus events are the 1650 and 1000 freestyle. The mile is the 1st event on Saturday morning, the 1,000 is the 1st event Sunday. I have been swimming 16-18K per week for 4 months. Here are my questions:
1- Am I swimming enough yardage to bother with a proper taper?
2-How much (%) per week should I cut back and when should I start tapering?
3-Should I do any extra "speed" or "pace" work during the taper?
4-What does the last week before the meet look like?
I normally train normally right up to the week before the state meet. At this point I cut back and add an extra rest day to the week. I am usually happy with how I do at State but am wondering if I'm missing the boat somewhere. I have done alot more swimming the last 10 months than ever before and I can honestly say I'm tired and my shoulders are a bit ragged.
thanks in advance for any advice!! :applaud:
Definitely. Last year I was doing sets of 50s at 500 pace and 100s at 1650 pace and I could barely make them with a 2:1 swimming to rest ratio (i.e., I was trying to hold 1:01s on 100s on the 1:30).
Not to get too much off-topic here, but how many reps do you want to do for these sets, Kirk? Do you do 10 x 50 or 17 x 100 so that they add up to the race distance, or should you do just enough to get the feel of the pace?
Definitely. Last year I was doing sets of 50s at 500 pace and 100s at 1650 pace and I could barely make them with a 2:1 swimming to rest ratio (i.e., I was trying to hold 1:01s on 100s on the 1:30).
Not to get too much off-topic here, but how many reps do you want to do for these sets, Kirk? Do you do 10 x 50 or 17 x 100 so that they add up to the race distance, or should you do just enough to get the feel of the pace?
