How long can you hold a tempo? Where are you fastest? Where does your stroke begin to break down?

On the pushoff, take 3 beeps underwater. Off the turn, stroke at the 5th beep after initiating the turn.

Today I did 24 x 50 free on 1:00. I started out at 1.3 on my Tempo Trainer for 50s and realized that that is warmup pace for me. Hung around 28-29 strokes for 50 yds and :44 for a 73. I could hang at that pace for a long time.

I came down in .05 increments, doing 3-4 50s at each tempo. Started feeling more like me regarding SR (stroke rate) at 1.15 and was hitting 71s.

At 1.10, I was pretty consistently at 30-31 strokes and :39-:40 for my best score of 70. I was breathing a little heavier. A good place for an aerobic workout at 10-20 50s, but not quite a pace I’d swim at for a mile, I don’t think. I think I could hold this for 10 x 50, and I’ll try that next time.

At 1.05, I felt too rushed and started adding strokes (32-33) without any improvement in time. Felt sloppy and short.

Moving on to another stroke next week… probably Back not Fly!

Happy golfing,
Jeannie

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