I did a 50 fly in my first swim meet in 20+ years with minimal training so I thought I would have no problem doing a 100 three months later. Since then I have trained harder and improved significantly in the freestyle with speed and endurance yet I still die after 50 yards of butterfly. 95% of my training is free as the fly takes everything out of me. At the end of a 2000 yard workout I might do one 50. That might not sound like much to you all but I can do a set of like 15 x 100 which is well beyond what i have been capable in years.
Once a week I might do 10X25 fly or I might just see how far I can go. I always die after the 2nd turn. Complete breakdown. Yet I could do a 50 months ago without any concern at all of just completing the distance.
My stroke may be fundamentally flawed. Maybe I just got by as a youth on raw power. The only form I have is all out until the momentum is lost and then it is complete breakdown withing 3 strokes. I don't know if there is some kind of hesitation stroke I can use to get through, but at this point I think I need sets and strategies to build up to it on the stroke I have.
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Yeah, I am running out of time. I never would have guessed that this goal would end up being as hard or harder than my first triathlon. I can barely run yet the 100 fly was my event as a kid (even the 200 I did a couple times). It would suck to have to admit defeat and back out but it is almost getting to that point. Unless I make significant progress quickly I am not at all confident I can even finish the race.
My best hope seems to be a fresh, rested body for the race and finding some magic. And/or just gutting it out - but I feel like I could be close to heart attack level if I tried to swim that last 25 yards with nothing left.
Yeah, I am running out of time. I never would have guessed that this goal would end up being as hard or harder than my first triathlon. I can barely run yet the 100 fly was my event as a kid (even the 200 I did a couple times). It would suck to have to admit defeat and back out but it is almost getting to that point. Unless I make significant progress quickly I am not at all confident I can even finish the race.
My best hope seems to be a fresh, rested body for the race and finding some magic. And/or just gutting it out - but I feel like I could be close to heart attack level if I tried to swim that last 25 yards with nothing left.
