Speed Zone

Cesar Cielo is fastest swimmer in the world -- 25 yards in 8.88 to the foot -- he was just trying to "maintain" on the second 25... There are 3 ways to swim faster in any given race: 1) Improve your technique -- if you become more effecient in your technique, your times will drop across the board 2) Maintain a pace as close as possible to maximum speed -- You can hold your maximum speed for 6-8 seconds. There are no swim races of that length - so when training for any swimming race (50 up the mile), you are trying to maintain a pace as close to your maximum speed as possible. 3) Get Faster = improve your maximum speed I would say on average, Masters swimmers (and age-groupers) spend their in the water workout season according to the following breakdown (rough guess): 1) Improving technique = 20-30% 2) Maintaining close to max = 65-79% 3) Improving Max Speed = 1-5% Think about it -- if you swim 4-5 times per week, that equals about 20 hours a month. Did you spend more than a full hour in October on maximum speed ? This Thread is all about Category 3 -- Improving your Max Speed --