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1) What is the best way to determine threshold pace? Is it a short TT swim, like 300 or so? If so, do you build speed through that TT so as not to start out too quickly? Should the finish be close to sprinting speed? Try a search, have been posts specifically about this, though sorry, i don't have em bookmarked...otherwise, I'd suggest either a longer TT, like 20min and record distance you go, then get ave 100 pace, or see what pace you can hold for a set of 8-10 x 100 with ~10 sec rest
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2) Descending sets: How easy/slow should the first rep feel and how do set the pace to have an attainable descent? my favorite is to swim the first a bit faster than you think you should, then hold on! The last one should be kinda painful so you really appreciate the rest on the "slow" one. Personally I like the set long enough to do at least 2 complete descend cycles, descending within each set and between such that the 1st swim of the second descend cycle is faster than the 1st swim in the first descend cycle, hope that makes sense.
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4) How long does it take on average to get decent at the flip turn? always room for improvement! humans (me!) have tendency to get lazy over time so never ending corrections, but to get to 1st order ok, probably ~2 weeks if you start at age 10 and swim 5k daily. I have utmost respect for adult onset swimmers who learn to flip well, looks really grueling.
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