I want to train for the 100 IM. My current time is about 1:25, and I want to get it as close as possible to 1:10 in the next 3-4 months. I also want to improve my times in the 50's of each stroke, which should improve naturally as my IM improves. I am in college and swimming with my college club swim team, which swims 3x a week (1 hr practices) and is uncoached. I also usually swim 1-2x a week by myself for about 1 hr. What should I work on? What sort of sets will be most beneficial? How can I change distance sets to make them more beneficial for me?
Also do fast swimming. The 100IM is an all out sprint really. So make sure you take time to work on sprints - 25s and 50s of each stroke. And other 50s to do would be fly/fly, fly/back, back/back, back/***, ***/***, ***/free, free/free ... and do some 50s on 1:30 all out or 100s on 2:30 (or 3:00) ALL OUT .... good luck. Keep us posted!
Also do fast swimming. The 100IM is an all out sprint really. So make sure you take time to work on sprints - 25s and 50s of each stroke. And other 50s to do would be fly/fly, fly/back, back/back, back/***, ***/***, ***/free, free/free ... and do some 50s on 1:30 all out or 100s on 2:30 (or 3:00) ALL OUT .... good luck. Keep us posted!
