Hi, I just joined USMS last month. I swim for fitness, and I have been doing this for a long time. I am working on lowering my time in the 500 free because I would like to swim in meets someday. I train on my own almost exclusively, except for an occasional workout with a masters team. I have 2-3 hours a week to practice except during the summer months when I have a lot more time to train due to having summers off from my job as a teacher. My current time in the 500 free is 8:40. My goals are to bring this time down to under 8 minutes by the end of the year and to under 7 minutes by the end of next year. I am 6'1" and weigh 193 lbs. Any suggestions that will help me reach my goals are appreciated!
Also more anecdotes:
I did this set twice LCM this spring/summer. Averaged around 1:08++/1:09-. Lets call it 1:09 even. Final 400 time was 4:35.9. Pretty close on. Now, I did NOT go 4x1:09 in that race. I went out hard and faded hard. But the average is pretty consistent across the set and my tapered races :P
EDIT: for consistency's sake, I do not do the LCM version on 2:20 (2x1:09 = 2:18). I stay with 2:00.
Also more anecdotes:
I did this set twice LCM this spring/summer. Averaged around 1:08++/1:09-. Lets call it 1:09 even. Final 400 time was 4:35.9. Pretty close on. Now, I did NOT go 4x1:09 in that race. I went out hard and faded hard. But the average is pretty consistent across the set and my tapered races :P
EDIT: for consistency's sake, I do not do the LCM version on 2:20 (2x1:09 = 2:18). I stay with 2:00.
