Today, I had a pretty fun combo: 500, 1k free. Times inside.
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So, remember when I ranted about not being able to swim these events last weekend because of the other two teams opting out due to the weather (just a little drizzle, jeez, what a bunch of wimps)? Well, this weekend I finally got to swim these events!
Last year the last time I did the 500 free was in April and I got a time of 7:29 something. Today I got a 6:35.01. All of it flipturns, streamlined past the flags every time.
But before I did that, I did the 1000 free. I got a 12:58.19. This is the first time I've ever done the 1000. As soon as I dove in the water, my left goggle started leaking and by the halfway mark, it was useless and just pressed down into my socket every time I flipped. Plus I had air in my cap. Meh. All flipturns, streamlined past every flag. Forgot to cooldown afterwards, was too busy cheering on my teammates anyway.
I have made my new goal times. What's the wisdom on these events? Tips? For a guy who started a year ago at age 20, are these times good? There aren't very many other dudes that started at 20, so it's difficult to compare!
Last year the last time I did the 500 free was in April and I got a time of 7:29 something. Today I got a 6:35.01. All of it flipturns, streamlined past the flags every time.
But before I did that, I did the 1000 free. I got a 12:58.19. This is the first time I've ever done the 1000. !
Your 1000 time, if you had split it perfectly evenly, would have given you two 500s in a row of 6:29.95.
So, your best 500 is actually faster than you thought!
I would go back and look at your splits. Odds are fairly good that you went out for the first 500 even faster than a 6:29.95.
In some ways, this maybe answers your question about doing a double of these events on the same day in close succession in a meet. I would just pick one of them to do. Your 500 by itself would have been much faster without the 1000 coming so soon before it. And it's possible that you may have pushed the 1000 even more if you had not known you had to swim a 500 not soon afterwards.
Regardless, major congrats, Mr. C!
Last year the last time I did the 500 free was in April and I got a time of 7:29 something. Today I got a 6:35.01. All of it flipturns, streamlined past the flags every time.
But before I did that, I did the 1000 free. I got a 12:58.19. This is the first time I've ever done the 1000. !
Your 1000 time, if you had split it perfectly evenly, would have given you two 500s in a row of 6:29.95.
So, your best 500 is actually faster than you thought!
I would go back and look at your splits. Odds are fairly good that you went out for the first 500 even faster than a 6:29.95.
In some ways, this maybe answers your question about doing a double of these events on the same day in close succession in a meet. I would just pick one of them to do. Your 500 by itself would have been much faster without the 1000 coming so soon before it. And it's possible that you may have pushed the 1000 even more if you had not known you had to swim a 500 not soon afterwards.
Regardless, major congrats, Mr. C!
