Breaking 1:00 in the 100 free SCY for the 1st time

Herb, If you want to swim your best possible 100 time, correct splitting is critical, essential, and absolutely necessary. I've written several SFF tips about it. your swims were: 61.7 29.3 32.4 3.1 second difference (too much) 61.4 29.8 31.6 1.8 second difference (notice you gave up 1/2 a second on the front end and picked up 8/10ths on the back end.) The great thing is, your 100 time is 1:01. YOU are with in strinking distance for going under 1:00. For correct splitting, ideally you want your: 1st 50 to be 1.0 to 1.5 slower than your all out 50 free time and 2nd 50 to be in the range of 1.5 to 2.0 slower than your first 50 your 50 was 27.7 ideal splits would be: 58.9 28.7 30.2 to 59.9 29.2 30.7 BUT since your 200 is 2:21, you're likely to get under sooner with more speed than with conditioning for longer swims. The best way for you to get your 100 fr under 1:00 is GET FASTER. Improve your 25 & 50 speed. You recently went 27.7, IMPROVE your 50 to 26 high or FASTER That alone will greatly increase your chances of breaking 1:00 in the 100 you can use easy speed on your first 50 then really pound that 2nd one. Here's how you GET FASTER Find out where you are now Have someone time you with a watch for an ALL OUT 25 give the timer instructions on how you want them to time you write down the date and time in 10ths Do this once a week, train to improve your ALL out 25 time Lose weight Get stronger: lift weights in each practice: Do several A.F.A.P. 12.5's & 25's with plenty of rest like 45 seconds to 1:00 or even more between swim & kick do 2, 3, or 4 each in practice a few times a week, do 50's, 75's & 100's where you negative split them or concentrate on really blasting that last 25 Again have a High REST to work ratio. if you're doing 100's on 2:00 assume you hold 1:00's, you swim 1:00 and rest 1:00 so your rest to work ratio is 60 sec / 60 sec = 1 if you did them on 3:00, it would be 2, & 4:00 it would be 3, but probably as you get more rest, you'll be able to hold faster times, so the rest vs work ratio goes up even more. Lastly, train to obliterate 1:00 because it's more motivating and you'll have a bigger buffer for mistakes. do the training, you will improve, keep us posted. good luck, ande Ande, I went 29.3/32.4. I think it would be more my style to keep the difference under 2 seconds, but you are right I don't have the speed and swam pretty much all-out from the start as I knew I had to break 29 to even have a shot. Last year I went 29.8/31.6. I think an easier speed first 50 sub 29/31 is what I need. Breathing slows me down a bit so I tried every 4 but did a handful of 2s as needed.

Herb, If you want to swim your best possible 100 time, correct splitting is critical, essential, and absolutely necessary. I've written several SFF tips about it. your swims were: 61.7 29.3 32.4 3.1 second difference (too much) 61.4 29.8 31.6 1.8 second difference (notice you gave up 1/2 a second on the front end and picked up 8/10ths on the back end.) The great thing is, your 100 time is 1:01. YOU are with in strinking distance for going under 1:00. For correct splitting, ideally you want your: 1st 50 to be 1.0 to 1.5 slower than your all out 50 free time and 2nd 50 to be in the range of 1.5 to 2.0 slower than your first 50 your 50 was 27.7 ideal splits would be: 58.9 28.7 30.2 to 59.9 29.2 30.7 BUT since your 200 is 2:21, you're likely to get under sooner with more speed than with conditioning for longer swims. The best way for you to get your 100 fr under 1:00 is GET FASTER. Improve your 25 & 50 speed. You recently went 27.7, IMPROVE your 50 to 26 high or FASTER That alone will greatly increase your chances of breaking 1:00 in the 100 you can use easy speed on your first 50 then really pound that 2nd one. Here's how you GET FASTER Find out where you are now Have someone time you with a watch for an ALL OUT 25 give the timer instructions on how you want them to time you write down the date and time in 10ths Do this once a week, train to improve your ALL out 25 time Lose weight Get stronger: lift weights in each practice: Do several A.F.A.P. 12.5's & 25's with plenty of rest like 45 seconds to 1:00 or even more between swim & kick do 2, 3, or 4 each in practice a few times a week, do 50's, 75's & 100's where you negative split them or concentrate on really blasting that last 25 Again have a High REST to work ratio. if you're doing 100's on 2:00 assume you hold 1:00's, you swim 1:00 and rest 1:00 so your rest to work ratio is 60 sec / 60 sec = 1 if you did them on 3:00, it would be 2, & 4:00 it would be 3, but probably as you get more rest, you'll be able to hold faster times, so the rest vs work ratio goes up even more. Lastly, train to obliterate 1:00 because it's more motivating and you'll have a bigger buffer for mistakes. do the training, you will improve, keep us posted. good luck, ande Ande, I went 29.3/32.4. I think it would be more my style to keep the difference under 2 seconds, but you are right I don't have the speed and swam pretty much all-out from the start as I knew I had to break 29 to even have a shot. Last year I went 29.8/31.6. I think an easier speed first 50 sub 29/31 is what I need. Breathing slows me down a bit so I tried every 4 but did a handful of 2s as needed.