JasoninHalifax wrote:
I'll complicate matters a bit by saying that back in the day when I swam in college, our squad would usually do a 3000 straight as an early season test set, maybe 4 weeks or so into the season, in order to assess aerobic fitness and establish training paces for the aerobic sets to come during the heavy training period that characterized mid-Oct to Dec. That was a one-off event during the season though, and I wouldn't consider that to be normal swim training.
For triathletes, I don't see a lot of additional value in extending intervals beyond 400m, except occasionally, maybe a couple of times per season, when you might do a set of 800's, 1500's, or longer.
Really appreciating your insight in this thread Jason.
Ok, I am getting a decent picture in my head on what the coming training will look like, and honestly I am jazzed - excited to see what I can get done in a year.
On the flip turn stuff.. all I can say is (the spirit of this thread being me owning up to shit I *knew* I was doing wrong but justifying to myself why) I know I take a breather at each open turn.
No matter how fast I bounce off the wall, there it is, always a little ** ahh ** or maybe a glace at the clock but its there as soon as I start to get tired - this was especially noticeable to me once I was well... looking for it.. and during the intervals I did this week. Towards the end I was clinging on for a good half a second gasping like a dying fish.
So for me at least learning to flip is on my agenda.