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
I am Mrs Very-Lazy-Kicker and don't pay nearly as much attention to my legs as I should:afraid:. I use a 2 beat kick for the majority of the race, then pick it up to 4 or 6 or whatever my legs do when I kick harder through the last 100.
500 free, 200 fly, If you aren't careful you might get in good shape! Joking aside, it seems like this strategy worked well for you. If my memory of my previous swimming life is correct, it's the same kicking strategy that I used in the 500. My current project is the 100 free. My coach has told me in no uncertain terms that my lazy 2-beat cross-over kick just isn't going to cut it. I'm finding out that is is pretty exhausting to actually kick when swimming freestyle.
I am Mrs Very-Lazy-Kicker and don't pay nearly as much attention to my legs as I should:afraid:. I use a 2 beat kick for the majority of the race, then pick it up to 4 or 6 or whatever my legs do when I kick harder through the last 100.
500 free, 200 fly, If you aren't careful you might get in good shape! Joking aside, it seems like this strategy worked well for you. If my memory of my previous swimming life is correct, it's the same kicking strategy that I used in the 500. My current project is the 100 free. My coach has told me in no uncertain terms that my lazy 2-beat cross-over kick just isn't going to cut it. I'm finding out that is is pretty exhausting to actually kick when swimming freestyle.
