You're not a sprinter and you're not a pure distance swimmer. Your 50's & 1500's aren't as great as your 200's, 400's, & 500's. Your 100's aren't shabby. Let the D Divas take those 800's, 1000's, 1500's & 1650's. You're caught in the middle. You've got OK speed, but you can do those longer sets that make pure sprinters ill. You're well conditioned and tend to do well with back to back events. You're in great company, Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte are middle distance swimmers who have excellent 100's but not so great 50's. Man you can train.
This is the middle distance lane. Don't get lapped.
the breastroke lane
The Middle Distance Lane
The Backstroke Lane
The Butterfly Lane
The SDK Lane
The Taper Lane
The Distance Lane
The IM Lane
The Sprint Free Lane
The Pool Deck
After my swim this morning I have decided on the go out fast and hold on theory for my upcoming 500. Thinking way back I actually did this unintentionally the day I set my PR for the 400. It also brought back the pain and suffering it took to get there, and I now have 6+ minutes of pain to look forward to on Saturday rather than 5+.
Just needed to get that out where people might understand....
Also if there's anyone here going to the DAM meet at the weekend and can count to 20 for me (or even count 20 down to 0), it'd be much appreciated. I can count when not swimming - even to 66 :)
Ha! In High School I did the go out fast and hold on...but I didn't do much holding on. Mostly because I wanted to swim the 100 & 200 and my coach had me pegged as a distance guy. I had to beat the guys swimming 100 with my splits before the coach would take me seriously as a sprinter.
Of course, now I try to pace it better, but I find that if I go out too slow, it's hard to get the speed I need (want?) in the second half. So I'm trying to go out faster. My times are getting better, but the fades are pretty bad, too. Getting old, I guess:cane:
After my swim this morning I have decided on the go out fast and hold on theory for my upcoming 500. Thinking way back I actually did this unintentionally the day I set my PR for the 400. It also brought back the pain and suffering it took to get there, and I now have 6+ minutes of pain to look forward to on Saturday rather than 5+.
Just needed to get that out where people might understand....
Also if there's anyone here going to the DAM meet at the weekend and can count to 20 for me (or even count 20 down to 0), it'd be much appreciated. I can count when not swimming - even to 66 :)
Ha! In High School I did the go out fast and hold on...but I didn't do much holding on. Mostly because I wanted to swim the 100 & 200 and my coach had me pegged as a distance guy. I had to beat the guys swimming 100 with my splits before the coach would take me seriously as a sprinter.
Of course, now I try to pace it better, but I find that if I go out too slow, it's hard to get the speed I need (want?) in the second half. So I'm trying to go out faster. My times are getting better, but the fades are pretty bad, too. Getting old, I guess:cane:
