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'm finding out that is is pretty exhausting to actually kick when swimming freestyle.
Me too! I kicked most of the way on the 100 free .....ouch:cane:
NKeith Switzer & Chris Stevenson in Mesa Nationals 200 free, Men's 45-49 final heat:
YouTube - Mens 45-49 200 Free Final Heat, Mesa Nationals
Nice tight race, thanks for sharing.
I was always a mid to long distance swimmer. Never swam in college so I only swam the 1500 once and can't for the life of me remember what my time was in it. I will definitely be fitting in the mid distance category as having the time to train for long distance is not in the cards.
No one else swims like Chris. It's almost like he's doing backstroke only on his stomach. :)
It kind of reminds me of my stroke when I had a good tempo going only it was just my breathing side, big high reach. Not sure if it was to try and get more breath or a deeper dig with my opposite stroke. 52,55 pretty good splits as well
No one else swims like Chris. It's almost like he's doing backstroke only on his stomach. :)
I looks painful...fast...but painful. BTW, Switzer was my college coach! :applaud: Reminds me I need to hit him up for some more "speed" workouts!
