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Way to go supersquid, you probably had that sub 1;20 pace in you for sure. That is the way i like to swim that race too, try and not feel too much pain the 1st 1/2, then negative split all the way to the barn. Lot easier to deal with pain and discomfort if you can smell the finish. Well done, i guess you found the secret that everyone here is always asking about, just swim more!!! Thanks. It definitely is easier to dig deep and push hard when you know you've only got a couple hundred yards left.
More is more. It comes up on Slowtwitch all the time. I knew that was the answer, but like a lot of people asking for the secret to swimming faster I didn't want to hear it. I wanted to hear about some secret drill that's going to fix all my form flaws and I'll magically swim faster with less effort in no time. Unless you really suck, it doesn't work like that.
I didn't even swim that hard for most of my volume. I couldn't. The increase in volume had my shoulders pretty fatigued so a lot of it was moderately easy, so I'm hoping that when I get used to the volume I'll be able to up the intensity a little more and see even bigger gains. I also did a lot of longer sets - 200s at threshold, 500s, 1000s, straight swims. It helped doing a lot of 1000s because this TT didn't feel that long. It was a regular set, just faster.
I'm pretty pleased with my swimming right now. I realize 13:23 isn't all that fast, but it's a big improvement and it was a reward for hard work so it's always nice to have hard work pay off.