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DISTANCE MEET

 

For all of you all who have signed up to swim this weekend here is some information that you will need.

First off positive check in is on line (mako web site should have this)

Saturday 1000 free positive check in should be done by noon Friday 1/7

Sunday 1650 positive check in closes at noon on Saturday 1/8

Meet sheets will be available the evening before the meet. This will allow you to calculate the time you will probably swim.  You should arrive no earlier than an hour before your event.

What do you need

  • timer/counter (if you don't bring a counter see if you can ask anyone). if there is a problem remember the 1000 is 20 50's.  the 1650 is 33 50's
  • suit
  •  2 pair of goggles
  • 2 caps 
  • lots of effort
  • some speed would be nice


When you arrive lets not waste time, hop in and get yourself warmed up.  It looks like we will have 4 lanes for warmup so do the best you can.  Do your meet warm up

300 swim (gold 200)

4x50 descend @50 (gold 1:00)

200 kick (gold 100)

3x50 kick descend @1:00 (gold 1:10)

* A good thing you might want to do is 6-8 50 pace work.  Figure out what you want to hold find a clock and do a few holding that time on 1:00.  This will allow your body to get a feel for that effort.

* if you find your legs need to be warmed up more and its crowded to get some good kicking find a corner and do some vertical kicking.  this is great at warming up the legs.  (maybe something like 15 on 15 off for a couple of minutes)

Don't let the distance overwhelm you, after your dive in just work the 50 in front of you, when your done move to the next 50 and off you go.

Best advice is to work every single turn like the picture above and shorten the race. Where have you heard that before.

Enjoy your swim!


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