The IM Lane

Do broken swims or not, I tend to be faster on broken swims than I go in actual races. Coaches tend to assign broken swims during taper. Thanks Ande. I was hoping you would chime in. The most important IM turn is the BK to Br, if you don't do them right, you'll give up time. So have it down. This is a major weakness for me. 'need to work on that. I'll have to corner a coach. Correct Splitting is Critical for 400 IMs here's what's worked for me you want to feel pretty good at the 200 so you can really work the BR & FR I need to learn what "pretty good" feels like at the 200 in a 4IM. Improve your breastroke technique You need speed and conditioning to have a strong 2 & 4 IM, be in great shape, Train for the 200, 400, 500, 800 & 1000 fr, the 200 bk & br. Develop your easy speed fly check, check, check. Working hard on those three. My 400 IM reminders for the 1st 200 are: BREATHE often, stay relaxed, easy speed, smooth, barely kick / save your legs In bk and br I think that a lot of my speed (what little I have) comes from my legs. I'm thinking that for me maybe it makes sense to use my legs hard in the middle 200 as opposed to the back half. I really need to do some testing. That's gonna be a challenge. It's not like I can swim 10x400 IM in one practice and try different strategies. Over many weeks and months though I have noticed that my best 400 IM times in practice come when the fly is a pretty hard effort - not like a 50, but certainly much harder than I would go if I were to swim a 200 fly, (which I have only done in practice a handful of times and never in a meet). I will do more testing.

Do broken swims or not, I tend to be faster on broken swims than I go in actual races. Coaches tend to assign broken swims during taper. Thanks Ande. I was hoping you would chime in. The most important IM turn is the BK to Br, if you don't do them right, you'll give up time. So have it down. This is a major weakness for me. 'need to work on that. I'll have to corner a coach. Correct Splitting is Critical for 400 IMs here's what's worked for me you want to feel pretty good at the 200 so you can really work the BR & FR I need to learn what "pretty good" feels like at the 200 in a 4IM. Improve your breastroke technique You need speed and conditioning to have a strong 2 & 4 IM, be in great shape, Train for the 200, 400, 500, 800 & 1000 fr, the 200 bk & br. Develop your easy speed fly check, check, check. Working hard on those three. My 400 IM reminders for the 1st 200 are: BREATHE often, stay relaxed, easy speed, smooth, barely kick / save your legs In bk and br I think that a lot of my speed (what little I have) comes from my legs. I'm thinking that for me maybe it makes sense to use my legs hard in the middle 200 as opposed to the back half. I really need to do some testing. That's gonna be a challenge. It's not like I can swim 10x400 IM in one practice and try different strategies. Over many weeks and months though I have noticed that my best 400 IM times in practice come when the fly is a pretty hard effort - not like a 50, but certainly much harder than I would go if I were to swim a 200 fly, (which I have only done in practice a handful of times and never in a meet). I will do more testing.