In the run up to Zane Grothe’s phenomenal Winter Nationals last year where he broke the American Records in the 500 Free and 1650 with a 4:07 and 14:18, he trained insane, like a guy giving it one last shot before he hung up his suit. So how do you improve on that? Zane doesn’t disclose much of his training, but we know he’s getting stronger and constantly tweaking the little things that all add up to big drops. And if the times below are any indication, we’re going to see more big swims from the U.S. distance star at Short Course Worlds in a couple of weeks. This is Zane Grothe’s favorite set and he dropped a total of 23 seconds off of it from one year ago!
20 x 150 @ 2:00 | no kick outs
| Nov 2017 | Nov 2018 |
| 1:19 | 1:19 |
| 1:19 | 1:18 |
| 1:19 | 1:18 |
| 1:19 | 1:17 |
| 1:19 | 1:17 |
| 1:18 | 1:17 |
| 1:18 | 1:17 |
| 1:18 | 1:17 |
| 1:18 | 1:16 |
| 1:18 | 1:16 |
| 1:17 | 1:16 |
| 1:17 | 1:16 |
| 1:17 | 1:16 |
| 1:17 | 1:15 |
| 1:17 | 1:15 |
| 1:16 | 1:15 |
| 1:16 | 1:15 |
| 1:16 | 1:16 |
| 1:16 | 1:15 |
| 1:15 | 1:15 |
Plus, a few weeks ago Indiana University, where Zane trains under Mike Westphal, did a 2000 for time. Zane threw down an 18:35! 18. 35. In practice! That’s 9:17 per 1000. Let that sink in for a minute. Zane has already had a stellar 2018 with a gold in the 800m Free, silver in the 1500m Free, and bronze in the 400m Free at Pan Pacs. SC Worlds could be even more impressive than that and put a big exclamation point on a banner year. Our fingers are crossed.
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I wish my tapered 1000 was that fast…. even though I have never swum it tapered.
While I appreciate learning about sets elite swimmers do, the tone of this article is over the top for me. Just post what he did and let us decide how inZane it is.
I heard a rumor that Phelps did a 5000 and averaged 9:20s….which is just crazy
Didn’t Kleuh go a crazy 2000 time in practice a few years ago? Anyone remember what it was?
Edit: apparently I was thinking of Clark Smith. The other Texas distance practice-swimmer.
Give yourself some credit. Kleuh also did an incredible 2000 at an earlier version of ERI. But Clark Smith broke his record. Smith went 17:43 a few yrs ago with a negative split. Zanes’s 18:35 is an outstanding practice swim. But as other have said, it’s NOT 8:47 per 1000.
InZane. Why doesn’t cody have some InZane in his vlog??? Need more InZane in our lives…..
The Zane Train keeps on rolling!
Looking forward to seeing him race LCM against the big European guys – I would like to see him challenge them.
Yes we know that Paltrinieri has been a 50.56 on 5K and Mischa is also a hard worker.
Where is practice and pancakes when this level of inZANEness is going on