I've sort of decided to swim the 400IM at Auburn. I've never swum it LCM before (and only once SCY), but will have twice before LCM Nats. I won't have a LCM time before I register, though. Since it seems as if sandbagging is a hot topic now, I want to make sure I enter a fairly realistic time -- but I don't want to end up out of my league either. My question is -- how do your actual LCM times in the 400IM compare to your converted SCY times? For the record, my 200IM SCY/LCM conversion is fairly accurate. Not sure if the same will apply to the 400IM, though.
Now I just hope that Swimosaur doesn't read this, as I will then be committed to swimming the LCM 400 IM. :)
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My only other bits of advice:
try to almost feel like you're loafing that first 50 of fly and then just gently build the 2nd 50 of fly. Even if you're a great butterflier, you want to end the fly with a lot of gas left in the tank.
after that, just build each 100, making sure to take the first 25 to 40 meters of each lap to get into the groove of your stroke before trying to pick up the pace.
Great advice, thanks! I'm not the strongest butterflier, and the speed of my "loafing" fly is very close to my "fast" fly. I've been working on relaxing fly during sets at practice.
My advice is to either find someone close to your age in the times database who is close to your yards 400 time and see what thier time is in lcm. Either that or ask your coach to time trial you (if possible) and then I would suggest shaving about 5% from that time to account for the meet affect.
Great idea! Thanks!
I will 3rd this. I do it both SCY and LCM (and SCM). My SCY time is 5:14. My LCM time is 6:01, if that helps at all.
That does help, thanks! Nice times, btw!
My only other bits of advice:
try to almost feel like you're loafing that first 50 of fly and then just gently build the 2nd 50 of fly. Even if you're a great butterflier, you want to end the fly with a lot of gas left in the tank.
after that, just build each 100, making sure to take the first 25 to 40 meters of each lap to get into the groove of your stroke before trying to pick up the pace.
Great advice, thanks! I'm not the strongest butterflier, and the speed of my "loafing" fly is very close to my "fast" fly. I've been working on relaxing fly during sets at practice.
My advice is to either find someone close to your age in the times database who is close to your yards 400 time and see what thier time is in lcm. Either that or ask your coach to time trial you (if possible) and then I would suggest shaving about 5% from that time to account for the meet affect.
Great idea! Thanks!
I will 3rd this. I do it both SCY and LCM (and SCM). My SCY time is 5:14. My LCM time is 6:01, if that helps at all.
That does help, thanks! Nice times, btw!
