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

Boo boo. If you have a national competition in your home town or even close by you have an obligation to attend and support the cause. It's part of your membership agreement, I looked it up. Where is it citied in the agreement? Auburn is 4 hours from here. I don't plan to attend. Will this revoke my usms membership? If he doesn't want to go, what's the big deal?

I'm not going to Auburn, or Aubrun as they say there, either. It's in your neck of the woods, you should go or I will file the petition to have your membership revoked. If you got mine revoked, I wouldn't complain.

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.

Since the theme is breaking 1:00 in the 100 ... Charlotte Davis was the first woman over 60 to do it, at last year's SCY nationals. Here's the heat. Her splits were 29.35 + 30.06 = 59.41 ... A really beautiful swim! That's amazing! I am only 40 and still haven't done it.

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.

Thanks Ande. I won't swim SCY again until the fall or winter, but I will try to keep up with some sprints. It's boring just swimming long distance sets every day anyway. Less weight heading into the season can only help so I think that will be key. Sorry, I am drinking an ale right now but I am trying to turn my life around.

Since the theme is breaking 1:00 in the 100 ... Charlotte Davis was the first woman over 60 to do it, at last year's SCY nationals. Here's the heat. Her splits were 29.35 + 30.06 = 59.41 ... A really beautiful swim! Since the theme is "Breaking 1:00 in the 100 free SCY for the 1st time ..." I guess I had too much time on my hands this week, so I wrote a script to query the USMS top 10 database and collect the #1 times in the 100 free for each year 1971-2010. Then I sorted through the lists and found who was the first woman or man in that age group to break 1:00 in the 100 SCY free, and added anyone else who also broke 1:00 that year. Some age groups don't appear in the tables, either because 1st has always been under a minute, or has never been under a minute. Charlotte Davis has done it twice, being the first woman over 55 AND the first woman over 60 to break a minute. David Radcliff is tearing it up in M75-79. Is this a great sport, or what? First over to break 1:00 in the 100 SCY free Women W60-64 2010 Charlotte M Davis 60 PNA Pacific Northwest 59.41 W55-59 2005 Charlotte M Davis 55 PNA Pacific Northwest 59.08 W50-54 1993 Ardeth Mueller 51 SLAM Ozark 59.05 W45-49 1987 Ardeth Mueller 45 SLAM Ozark 57.91 ........... Nancy Ridout 45 TAM Pacific 59.21 W40-44 1982 Ardeth Mueller 40 SLAM Ozark 58.47 ........... Nancy Ridout 40 TAM Pacific 58.71 W35-39 1976 Joyce Burrell 35 MICH Michigan 59.53 W30-34 1975 Diana Todd 31 DCM Potomac Valley 57.50 ........... Joyce Burrell 33 MICH Michigan 58.79 ........... Nancy Ridout 33 MAC Pacific 59.97 W25-29 1972 Terri Mejia 26 SMMM Pacific 59.30 Men M75-79 2009 David A Radcliff 75 OREG Oregon 58.68 M70-74 2002 Donald P Hill 70 TOC Pacific 58.35 ........... Graham M. Johnston 71 MOST South Texas 58.86 M65-69 1987 Peter Powlison 65 HUMU Hawaii 56.24 M60-64 1978 Jim Welch 60 HMSC Hawaii 58.85 M55-59 1973 Jim Welch 55 WASC Hawaii 58.80

And does anyone here want to bet against Dave Radcliff doing it again when he turns 80? It ain't gonna be easy, but I sure wouldn't! The name Pete Powlison looked familiar and it took me a couple minutes to realize why. He's a former All American swimmer at the University of Washington and his photo is on display at the UW pool. I've walked by it many times!

Great list! Swimosaur, you win the internet. :applaud:

And does anyone here want to bet against Dave Radcliff doing it again when he turns 80? It ain't gonna be easy, but I sure wouldn't! The name Pete Powlison looked familiar and it took me a couple minutes to realize why. He's a former All American swimmer at the University of Washington and his photo is on display at the UW pool. I've walked by it many times! I bet Dave will do it again. He's amazing.