Butterfly, beautiful to watch, difficult to train.
We SDK off every wall.
We're most likely to smack hands with each other and those beside us.
Fly's fun to sprint but no fun when the piano comes down
What did you do in practice today?
the breastroke lane
The Middle Distance Lane
The Backstroke Lane
The Butterfly Lane
The SDK Lane
The Taper Lane
The Distance Lane
The IM Lane
The Sprint Free Lane
The Pool Deck
Well, I did not finish my 100 LCM fly. I did fine until around 75 m mark when I felt a tiny bit of fatigue and switched to breathing every stroke and in process took in some water and could not maintain my fly. So was d/q'd. A bit sad, but I learned from it. Was pleased with my 400 free time of 5:35 as I was expecting b/w 5:45 and 5:50.
What I learned from this meet:
1) With fly you have to do the race distance in practice. Similar issue with me on 100 fly SCY. This March I conquered 100 SCY fly after being d/q'd March 2018. Good news is that I have motivation for completing 100 LCM next yr.
2) Race time in fly, at least for me, is similar time-wise to practice and is not true for my other three strokes (faster in race).
3) Re: 400 free, I was doing various pace based training with 5 to 10 sec rest, and that worked well for me (5 to 10x 100 LCM free on 1:35 secs, usually went b/w 1:25 to 1:30). Again my race time was better than expected.
So, a little sad that I didn't finish my 100 LCM fly, but retain motivation for next yr. My goal is to more fly, trying to average 2k/week or ~400-500/practice (improving on 1.5k/wk and ~300-400/practice). I feel more fit compared to a yr ago, but I know there is significant room for improvement.
Well, I did not finish my 100 LCM fly. I did fine until around 75 m mark when I felt a tiny bit of fatigue and switched to breathing every stroke and in process took in some water and could not maintain my fly. So was d/q'd. A bit sad, but I learned from it. Was pleased with my 400 free time of 5:35 as I was expecting b/w 5:45 and 5:50.
What I learned from this meet:
1) With fly you have to do the race distance in practice. Similar issue with me on 100 fly SCY. This March I conquered 100 SCY fly after being d/q'd March 2018. Good news is that I have motivation for completing 100 LCM next yr.
2) Race time in fly, at least for me, is similar time-wise to practice and is not true for my other three strokes (faster in race).
3) Re: 400 free, I was doing various pace based training with 5 to 10 sec rest, and that worked well for me (5 to 10x 100 LCM free on 1:35 secs, usually went b/w 1:25 to 1:30). Again my race time was better than expected.
So, a little sad that I didn't finish my 100 LCM fly, but retain motivation for next yr. My goal is to more fly, trying to average 2k/week or ~400-500/practice (improving on 1.5k/wk and ~300-400/practice). I feel more fit compared to a yr ago, but I know there is significant room for improvement.
