Subject: RE: Going from SCY to LCM is hardOriginally posted by nc452010 I'm guilty of taking a breath at the wall (meaning.....my head's out of the water before I push off - since I don't do flip turns), but I don't dwell there (at all). Which is why the difference is surprising. It's not like I'm not making my intervals or workouts. It's the fact they're taxing me more than the same ydg. did, swimming SCY. Again, for the average triathlete swimmer, that single breath you take on your open turn adds 1sec/length of rest time to your pool workouts compared to a flip turn or no flip turn. Doesn't sound like a lot, but compared to a straight 100 with no open turns, that's 4sec/100, which is enough of a pace difference between completing a hard set of intervals without undue difficulty, vs dying out after only finishing half of them. So yes, it feels harder at LCM because you're missing 2 rest stops, even if they're short. 2sec/100 won't be enough to make you outright miss equivalent intervals when going from 25SCY to 50LCM, but you will definitely notice the added effort to hit the same time equivalents at 50LCM because of the lack of those 2 rest stops. |