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Originally Posted by Mullins
Speed - I'm having difficulty settling on an efficient speed. From very fast to very slow, I seem to feel about the same at the end of a 100m swim. In fact, going very slowly with a tight streamline (which feels like it should stress my shoulders too much) felt slightly easier but my training partner noted I came up quite blue when I did this. Nice rosy pink colour when going faster (or so I'm told)  Could just have been having a bad day, I guess. |
I am going to experiment with this soon. For me, going fast works best with fins. My PB of 44m was done as fast as possible, at least for the second half. Without fins, a medium to fast speed works best. If I try to go very fast, the excessive number of strokes and amount of energy used will limit my distance. Going very slowly makes me lose momentum, so it feels inefficient, and the fact that it takes longer is a problem.
Lucia
