Meet results from the weekend, M53 year old
200IM 2:36.87scm; 2:21.32yds
100Fr 1:02.97, 56.72
400Fr 4.52.72, 5:34.72
100Fly 1:08.09, 1:01.34
200Fr 2:19.20, 2:05.40
100IM 1:12.85, 1:05.63
Meet report. Three day meet. I stopped my treadmill jogs and weights 1 week out. 2nd week out I had cut my yardage to down under 3K with longer rest intervals and more quality work. Meet week I did about 2K per practice pretty easy but tuesday I did some pace 50s that were quality and no pulling the last week either. Arms were pretty dead the last week so I wasnt expecting much of a drop except whatever the tech suit and shave would give me.
Day 1 I hit the water for warm up and felt really strong, it must be the shave thing. 200IM was great with a six second drop, next event on short rest was the 1free and it was decent but my underwaters were really poor and I realized it during the race but I still couldnt improve them.
Day 2 one event the 400 free. Huge 12 second drop from my prior swim 5 weeks ago. I guess I got some taper benefit there and split it 1:10, 1:14 high for middle hundreds and a 1:13 coming home. That was my best swim/biggest surprise of the meet. Still only good for 6th in my age group as this meet had some pretty stiff competition. I'd like to keep swimming this event in the future.
Day 3 three events and post saturday night work Christmas party for my girlfriend. I only had 1 beer and half a glass of wine so I wouldn't say it affected me too much was home around midnight. 1st event 100 fly out in 31.6 back in 36.4 uggh. Didnt hit my taper for that event as I died pretty hard the last 25. I was kinda hoping for a 31.5 and 35 but it was still a decent drop. 2nd event was the 200 free and it was probably my worst swim of the meet. At the 100 flip turn I literally missed the wall and had to reach back and push off with my big toe. I was dead in the water with no push off so I split it 107; 1:12. Last event was the 100IM and again I had a really poor back/breast turn but this time I took a stroke expecting the wall and literally the wall never came and I took another stroke to get there. The time was pretty solid on that one I probably lost half a second on that turn but I finished strong and got second in the heat out of an outside lane.
Overall results were solid I do think I was slightly under rested but I felt like I wanted to err on that side of the equation as I don't think I swim enough yards to do a longer one. Definitely need to work on starts, underwaters and turns. I think Im sticking with the middle distance events in the future I seem to be a little more competitive in my age group there. Next up I'm undecided right now but leaning toward some sprint tri in 2020. I just need to add in some biking to what I currently do and hope my knees hold up on the running.
200IM 2:36.87scm; 2:21.32yds
100Fr 1:02.97, 56.72
400Fr 4.52.72, 5:34.72
100Fly 1:08.09, 1:01.34
200Fr 2:19.20, 2:05.40
100IM 1:12.85, 1:05.63
Meet report. Three day meet. I stopped my treadmill jogs and weights 1 week out. 2nd week out I had cut my yardage to down under 3K with longer rest intervals and more quality work. Meet week I did about 2K per practice pretty easy but tuesday I did some pace 50s that were quality and no pulling the last week either. Arms were pretty dead the last week so I wasnt expecting much of a drop except whatever the tech suit and shave would give me.
Day 1 I hit the water for warm up and felt really strong, it must be the shave thing. 200IM was great with a six second drop, next event on short rest was the 1free and it was decent but my underwaters were really poor and I realized it during the race but I still couldnt improve them.
Day 2 one event the 400 free. Huge 12 second drop from my prior swim 5 weeks ago. I guess I got some taper benefit there and split it 1:10, 1:14 high for middle hundreds and a 1:13 coming home. That was my best swim/biggest surprise of the meet. Still only good for 6th in my age group as this meet had some pretty stiff competition. I'd like to keep swimming this event in the future.
Day 3 three events and post saturday night work Christmas party for my girlfriend. I only had 1 beer and half a glass of wine so I wouldn't say it affected me too much was home around midnight. 1st event 100 fly out in 31.6 back in 36.4 uggh. Didnt hit my taper for that event as I died pretty hard the last 25. I was kinda hoping for a 31.5 and 35 but it was still a decent drop. 2nd event was the 200 free and it was probably my worst swim of the meet. At the 100 flip turn I literally missed the wall and had to reach back and push off with my big toe. I was dead in the water with no push off so I split it 107; 1:12. Last event was the 100IM and again I had a really poor back/breast turn but this time I took a stroke expecting the wall and literally the wall never came and I took another stroke to get there. The time was pretty solid on that one I probably lost half a second on that turn but I finished strong and got second in the heat out of an outside lane.
Overall results were solid I do think I was slightly under rested but I felt like I wanted to err on that side of the equation as I don't think I swim enough yards to do a longer one. Definitely need to work on starts, underwaters and turns. I think Im sticking with the middle distance events in the future I seem to be a little more competitive in my age group there. Next up I'm undecided right now but leaning toward some sprint tri in 2020. I just need to add in some biking to what I currently do and hope my knees hold up on the running.