Many moons ago - maybe 7 or 8 years, my teammates and myself would discuss which is harder - the 200 fly or 400IM.
I always thought the 400IM would be worse as it involves backstroke which drains me and then I would have to stay with the plot on 100 ***, and I'm not a breaststroker by any stretch of the imagination.
200 fly on the other hand, well its all fly and 200 less than the 400IM and once you've got your rhythm you're set ..... so what do you all think?
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2 fly is my best event and 4 im is my second best. but i am only a good 4 im'er because the 100 fly at the beginning doesn't make me tired at all and i'm decent at the other strokes.
i'd say the 400 im is tougher because it takes me a lot longer to recover afterwards. also, because of the distance, i think it requires more training to be able to do effectively.
Now see that was kind of my thoughts.
In my pre-baby days, my event order went something like :100fly, 400 free, 200 fly, 200 free, 800 free. And somewhere in there would be 200IM, but I never had much opportunity to swim it.
I would aviod back like the plague and do the occasional 100 *** for "fun". I always figured I'd have the endurance to finish the 400IM, especially as I was a fly swimmer, but the 100 back scared the heck out of me (still does).
2 fly is my best event and 4 im is my second best. but i am only a good 4 im'er because the 100 fly at the beginning doesn't make me tired at all and i'm decent at the other strokes.
i'd say the 400 im is tougher because it takes me a lot longer to recover afterwards. also, because of the distance, i think it requires more training to be able to do effectively.
Now see that was kind of my thoughts.
In my pre-baby days, my event order went something like :100fly, 400 free, 200 fly, 200 free, 800 free. And somewhere in there would be 200IM, but I never had much opportunity to swim it.
I would aviod back like the plague and do the occasional 100 *** for "fun". I always figured I'd have the endurance to finish the 400IM, especially as I was a fly swimmer, but the 100 back scared the heck out of me (still does).
