When you think of it in terms of total distance at race pace relative to the length of the race you're training for, it's actually more than you'd typically do for a 400/500/800/1000/1500/1650. //


No lie.

I did the set today. Failed once at #10. Finished out the remainder of the 30 close to 19 flat without anymore failures. I was able to push the pace forward for the last 3x 25s to. Low 18.x. Slo I was probably a hair slow. But my back is smoked, and I'm still pretty tired 3 hours later.

Pace was a bit up and down, since I'm not used to swimming that hard and judging the intensity. Also timing with my garmin is a bit variable. Touching with my watch hand and hitting the button with my recovery hand just isn't very precise. A few 10ths matters.

I think you said you use some kind of finger thingy?


Curious what is typical drop-off for these usrpt sets?

20x25: 1:17/100 pace
20x50: 1:26/100 pace
20x100: 1:39/100 pace
4x400: 1:43/100 pace (not usrpt)