Coach’s Log: Stanford IM Set

The Stanford Men have hooked up all you swimmers and swammers with another impressive workout video. Thanks to Cardinal Assistant Coach Scott Armstrong for sending this our way, Mason Shaw for producing the video, and the swimmer who went a 1:49 on the last 200 IM of the set. Wow.

Here’s the set:

600 (100 free, 50 IM order) @ 8:00

3 x [200 IM (HR 160-170)+ 100 Free] @ 4:30

600 (100 free, 50 IM order) @ 8:00

3 x [200 IM (Descend to all out)+ 100 Free] @ 5:00

 

Check out the Stanford Distance Set from earlier this season.

 

If you have a set that you’d like to contribute to SwimSwam’s Coach’s log email Garrett at [email protected].

 

 

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SwimmerFan
11 years ago

I would really like to see an interview series on this website with Dave Salo and Garret McCaffrey completely nerding out about swimming. Maybe answer questions from the viewers and such.

Swimmer
11 years ago

So I’m unimpressed, basically it is 2000 warm up and 3 x 200 @ 5:00 descend 1-3. So what if he goes best time +:08? We do 10 x 200 @ 3:00 trying to hold best time +:10 on all of them.

Dranms
Reply to  Swimmer
11 years ago

The first round of the 3 x 200 IM’s were not warm up. Nolan was holding under 2:00 on all of them – they were holding a HR of 160-170. Take that how you like it, but he wasn’t exactly cruising.

REALLY?
Reply to  Dranms
11 years ago

Exactly and that’s probably not his main set. My team does a set like your 10 x 200’s on 2:40 stroke trying to go all out as fast as you can and that’s just the main set. It’s not the whole workout probably similar to there’s. still is impressive to go under 1:50 in practice no matter if its one or ten. It’s a wearing out set designed to make you sprint tired.

perspective
11 years ago

I love seeing workouts from a top university like Stanford. Just one bone to pick…

For a normal Joe Schmoe, going a 1:49 from a push in practice while circle swimming would be fantastic; however this is David Nolan and he goes 1:41 in his 200IM and has the 5th fastest time in history. 8 seconds in a 200 works out to be 2 seconds per 50 so here are all of his time with 2 seconds added per 50:
50fr-19.58–>21.58
100fr-42.34–>46.34
200fr-1:34.40–>1:42.40
500fr-4:24.50–>4:44.50
50bk-21.22–>23.22
100bk-45.33–>49.33
200bk-1:39.74–>1:47.74
100br-54.77–>58.77
200br-1:59.35–>2:07.35
100fl-46.97–>50.97
200fl-1:49.46–>1:57.46
100IM-51.30–>55.30
200IM-1:41.39–>1:49.34
400IM-3:50.12–>4:06.12
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Better perspective
Reply to  perspective
11 years ago

Your forgetting to also factor in the lack of a dive which is about 2 seconds plus the lack of racing suit plus the fact that its practice and not NCAAs or even a dual meet.

perspective
Reply to  Better perspective
11 years ago

1:49 is still fast, don’t get me wrong here, and the factors you mentioned would obviously contribute to his time being slower. There are other factors though, like:
-Where would this workout fit into the micro cycle and macro cycle that either Ted or Scott has planned out for the team?
-How far into taper are they at this point as PAC-12s are only a few weeks down the road?
-Was this a race/quality/high-performance day or was it an aerobic day?
that would impact the results in a positive way. Nobody will know and the proof will come at NCAA’s. We will see if he can get his first individual title this year.

Swim Guy
Reply to  perspective
11 years ago

On Stanfords web page where the video is linked from it says that the practice video is from Jan 10th.

SAS
Reply to  perspective
11 years ago

This is a good thought. I do not believe however that you can compare times linearly between the 200 IM and other events even with someone as talented as David Nolan. There are only a few people I wouldn’t be impressed with pushing 1:49, namely Lochte.

beerme
11 years ago

WOW…stanford primed for another pac12 title and ncaa fade

Pvk
11 years ago

I think the 1:49 is from David Nolan- I could see it in the backstroke. Can Garrett confirm??

Anom
Reply to  Pvk
11 years ago

Well seeing as one of the tags is david nolan, I’d say probably.

Garrett
Reply to  Pvk
11 years ago

Unfortunately, my guess is as good as anyone else’s. But that’d be my guess, PVK.

pvk
Reply to  Garrett
11 years ago

Thank you. Also, do you have any opinion on what he will go in the 2 im at NCAA’S?

coacherik
11 years ago

From a push and circle swimming, that is even more impressive.

Anonymous
11 years ago

Definitely a quality-not quantity kind of team.

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