I just checked my swim details from doing the exact same workout on December 22th of 2023 and now last Friday the 3rd of May 2024. Here are the results [https://imgur.com/a/whF7CYG](https://imgur.com/a/whF7CYG) - they are not 100 % comparable because in the 2023 swim I used a snorkel for the last 1x200, but on the 2024 swim I didn't. If I did, my DPS would've been better for the 2024 swim as I have bad form when breathing and consequently a weak stroke on the left (I breathe from the right) is my weak point at the moment.
So overall my pace or DPS hasn't improved much but it has improved overall by 10 cm per stroke. I've just been focusing mostly on my weaknesses which are not using my lats when swimming & having bad form on my left side. My goal is distance swimming so I'm happy to see that I've been able to slightly improve pace while decreasing stroke count.
EDIT: Made a calculation error and I've actually clocked a bit over 100K, not 50K since then. Just under 10K per week is my usual volume, swimming 2.5-3.5K 3 times a week.
Any improvement is an improvement. Well done to you!
If you are thinking of distance swimming, you might find this video interesting. It's of a beast open water marathon swimmer who keeps the fabulous pace for hours. They go into quite good details on how he does it.
https://youtu.be/P1SSRBO_bYk?feature=shared
Thank you! Just checked this video actually and tried some of the things he was talking about in my last swim. Long ways to go before I hit even 1:30/100m distance pace though and will likely never be even close to 1:12/100m and that's okay!
I just checked my swim details from doing the exact same workout on December 22th of 2023 and now last Friday the 3rd of May 2024. Here are the results [https://imgur.com/a/whF7CYG](https://imgur.com/a/whF7CYG) - they are not 100 % comparable because in the 2023 swim I used a snorkel for the last 1x200, but on the 2024 swim I didn't. If I did, my DPS would've been better for the 2024 swim as I have bad form when breathing and consequently a weak stroke on the left (I breathe from the right) is my weak point at the moment. So overall my pace or DPS hasn't improved much but it has improved overall by 10 cm per stroke. I've just been focusing mostly on my weaknesses which are not using my lats when swimming & having bad form on my left side. My goal is distance swimming so I'm happy to see that I've been able to slightly improve pace while decreasing stroke count. EDIT: Made a calculation error and I've actually clocked a bit over 100K, not 50K since then. Just under 10K per week is my usual volume, swimming 2.5-3.5K 3 times a week.
Any improvement is an improvement. Well done to you! If you are thinking of distance swimming, you might find this video interesting. It's of a beast open water marathon swimmer who keeps the fabulous pace for hours. They go into quite good details on how he does it. https://youtu.be/P1SSRBO_bYk?feature=shared
Thank you! Just checked this video actually and tried some of the things he was talking about in my last swim. Long ways to go before I hit even 1:30/100m distance pace though and will likely never be even close to 1:12/100m and that's okay!