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!
Yesterday I swam 10x100 but I couldn’t hold the pace of 1:32 per 100, so I ended up doing 3x100 free on 1:32, then I had to drop the pace a little more and I did 3x100 on 1:36, then I had to drop the pace a little more and did 4x100 on 1:40. I figured out after that workout that the 200 free is going to be a much better race for me than the 500 free. I am very close to being able to swim the 200 free in 3 minutes and I know I can reach that goal. Going under 8 minutes in the 500 free, however, is going to take a lot more work. I will keep trying to reach that goal too, though. I can tell that the 500 is going to be a lot more challenging.
I’m thinking about breaking the 500 it into 2 200s and a 100 with some rest between the three segments and then lowering the amount of rest time until I’m linking all three segments together into a 500. Suggestions?
Yesterday I swam 10x100 but I couldn’t hold the pace of 1:32 per 100, so I ended up doing 3x100 free on 1:32, then I had to drop the pace a little more and I did 3x100 on 1:36, then I had to drop the pace a little more and did 4x100 on 1:40. I figured out after that workout that the 200 free is going to be a much better race for me than the 500 free. I am very close to being able to swim the 200 free in 3 minutes and I know I can reach that goal. Going under 8 minutes in the 500 free, however, is going to take a lot more work. I will keep trying to reach that goal too, though. I can tell that the 500 is going to be a lot more challenging.
I’m thinking about breaking the 500 it into 2 200s and a 100 with some rest between the three segments and then lowering the amount of rest time until I’m linking all three segments together into a 500. Suggestions?
