Ultra Short Training At Race Pace

Hey USRPT experts. How soon are you supposed to see results from this type of training? I have been trying it out for just over 4 weeks now and swam in a meet (50s and 100s) this weekend with terrible, terrible times. All slowest masters times ever and my 100s were just dreadful! No speed out and just died, died, died coming back. If I compare the times to typical "in season" times I was over a full second off in the 50s and around 4-6 seconds off in the 100s. But given USRPT doesnt have a taper, I feel like I should compare to my "taper" times and in that case I was over 2 full seconds off in the 50s and around 6-8 seconds off in the 100s. Granted I would have had much more rest between events at a true taper meet. I am doing the USRPT twice a week with two sets of 25 yard repeats - first one up to 20 completions on approx :15 sec rest (free) and the second one up to 16 completions on approx :24 sec rest (fly). I feel like Im working really hard - much harder than at a typical masters practice, and have never swum this much fly (my 100 fly was the absolute worst swim of them all). I swim one other workout each week that is usually dedicated to platinum speed stuff and resistance (parachute). My all out 25 times are slightly slower than prior seasons right now (about .5 sec). Compared to prior training seasons, the amount of swims per week is the same though I would normally do alot of lactate work. Also I am used to weight training 2x a week which I am not doing at all. So I am wondering if I need to give this training longer to show effects, or if I should take the hint that it doesnt seem to be working for me and switch to other stuff. I have just under 2 months before the championship meet I am supposed to attend, so I feel woefully behind/under-prepared at this point. Help! I've been doing USRPT exclusively i.e. 5 days a week, for six months. It was only about two and a half weeks ago that I felt like I had turned the corner. I swam a 200 free 3 seconds better than I did shaved and tapered last year at Nationals. My results may not be typical, but there is no question for me, that it takes time. USRPT two times a week is a good start, but unless you commit to it full time, I believe you will not reap it's full effect.

Hey USRPT experts. How soon are you supposed to see results from this type of training? I have been trying it out for just over 4 weeks now and swam in a meet (50s and 100s) this weekend with terrible, terrible times. All slowest masters times ever and my 100s were just dreadful! No speed out and just died, died, died coming back. If I compare the times to typical "in season" times I was over a full second off in the 50s and around 4-6 seconds off in the 100s. But given USRPT doesnt have a taper, I feel like I should compare to my "taper" times and in that case I was over 2 full seconds off in the 50s and around 6-8 seconds off in the 100s. Granted I would have had much more rest between events at a true taper meet. I am doing the USRPT twice a week with two sets of 25 yard repeats - first one up to 20 completions on approx :15 sec rest (free) and the second one up to 16 completions on approx :24 sec rest (fly). I feel like Im working really hard - much harder than at a typical masters practice, and have never swum this much fly (my 100 fly was the absolute worst swim of them all). I swim one other workout each week that is usually dedicated to platinum speed stuff and resistance (parachute). My all out 25 times are slightly slower than prior seasons right now (about .5 sec). Compared to prior training seasons, the amount of swims per week is the same though I would normally do alot of lactate work. Also I am used to weight training 2x a week which I am not doing at all. So I am wondering if I need to give this training longer to show effects, or if I should take the hint that it doesnt seem to be working for me and switch to other stuff. I have just under 2 months before the championship meet I am supposed to attend, so I feel woefully behind/under-prepared at this point. Help! I've been doing USRPT exclusively i.e. 5 days a week, for six months. It was only about two and a half weeks ago that I felt like I had turned the corner. I swam a 200 free 3 seconds better than I did shaved and tapered last year at Nationals. My results may not be typical, but there is no question for me, that it takes time. USRPT two times a week is a good start, but unless you commit to it full time, I believe you will not reap it's full effect.