When I last seriously competed almost 5 years ago now, I would attend meets with multiple sessions and do 1 event from each or maybe 2 events - 1 at the start and 1 at the end of the session. I was more a distancer, so over the course of the weekend, would swim 800 free, 400 free, 200 free, 200 IM, 100 fly, or something similar.
Fast forward to this summer where I have raced almost every weekend for the last 6 weeks, doing 2 shorter events each time and the meets last up to 6 hours.
Next week we have the regionals where they estimate that the first session will be over in 3 hours and I have entered 4 events: 50 fly, 100 free, 100IM, 200 free (in that order).
So my question is - how on earth do I recover in between? - particularly from the IM to the 200 free, where there will definitely be a short gap, perhaps only 15 mins :badday:.
Also if you have any tips on how to prepare beforehand, what's best to eat etc? I'll [lan to hydrate as much as possible as I found that helped my distance swims in the past.
I'm beginning to feel too old for this:cane:
So my question is - how on earth do I recover in between? - particularly from the IM to the 200 free, where there will definitely be a short gap, perhaps only 15 mins :badday:.
Also if you have any tips on how to prepare beforehand, what's best to eat etc? I'll
I am quite a bit older than you and recovery between races for me is very difficult. I think you have to plan the meet as a whole and concentrate on less than all of the races - ie. pace the 100 IM at 90% effort if you want to have a fast 200 free.
Also, active warm down, either in the water (if available) or on the deck has a big effect on lactate clearance. Here is a power point presentation by Genadijus Sokolovas comparing the effect of active vs. passive warm down: www.nisd.net/.../UnderstandingLactateClearance.ppt
As a final option, do what I do, either don't enter so many events or scratch events based on how you feel when the heat is called.
Good luck.
So my question is - how on earth do I recover in between? - particularly from the IM to the 200 free, where there will definitely be a short gap, perhaps only 15 mins :badday:.
Also if you have any tips on how to prepare beforehand, what's best to eat etc? I'll
I am quite a bit older than you and recovery between races for me is very difficult. I think you have to plan the meet as a whole and concentrate on less than all of the races - ie. pace the 100 IM at 90% effort if you want to have a fast 200 free.
Also, active warm down, either in the water (if available) or on the deck has a big effect on lactate clearance. Here is a power point presentation by Genadijus Sokolovas comparing the effect of active vs. passive warm down: www.nisd.net/.../UnderstandingLactateClearance.ppt
As a final option, do what I do, either don't enter so many events or scratch events based on how you feel when the heat is called.
Good luck.
