Interesting argument to be had:
Is it more demanding to do ten sprint swims or ten of the “brutal” ones like 400 IM. I really don’t know and can see it either way. It seems to me like you’d have more chance recovering from more aerobic events, but I’m not sure. (There’s a reason I’m an endurance swimmer)
Tall swimmer? What say you?
Point taken about the difference in schedules between NCAA and the games. But we did get to see that there is a bottom to his endurance, whether he chooses to bump up against that at the games will be a hairline calculation. He can win some events like Phelps did without being 100%, and he has the ability to sandbag a little more( I dont think he did enough in this past meet in his individual events)
I hope he at least goes for 9 events, I think that would be a minimum for him thinking about what he should be able to do. The next two, well maybe try something out at worlds or trials to see where he would be at...
Is it more demanding to do ten sprint swims or ten of the “brutal” ones like 400 IM. I really don’t know and can see it either way. It seems to me like you’d have more chance recovering from more aerobic events, but I’m not sure. (There’s a reason I’m an endurance swimmer)
Tall swimmer? What say you?
monty wrote:
I doubt we'll see him in 11 events in Tokyo, but I'm confident he'll be in at least 7 and maybe as many as 9. And he'll have plenty of stamina. He swam 8 events at the 2017 LC Worlds, and still crushed the field with his fly split on the 4x100 medley relay on the last day of the meet. // Point taken about the difference in schedules between NCAA and the games. But we did get to see that there is a bottom to his endurance, whether he chooses to bump up against that at the games will be a hairline calculation. He can win some events like Phelps did without being 100%, and he has the ability to sandbag a little more( I dont think he did enough in this past meet in his individual events)
I hope he at least goes for 9 events, I think that would be a minimum for him thinking about what he should be able to do. The next two, well maybe try something out at worlds or trials to see where he would be at...