Matt Fallon Tapered More for Ivy League Champs Than He Did for NCAAs

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Matt Fallon took the win in the 200 breast at the San Antonio Pro Swim, touching just ahead of Leon Marchand in 2:08.18. Fallon, known for the back half of his race, is working toward being able consistently to go out faster while still maintaining his finishing speed. He has put in a lot more long course work this season and as part of his season plan, tapered more for the Ivy League Championships than he did for NCAAs.

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I miss the ISL (Go dawgs)
6 months ago

Bro either uses too much conditioner or needs to find a different type of cap

Jeah
Reply to  I miss the ISL (Go dawgs)
6 months ago

He said a lot of volume, volume is the key word.

Jeah
6 months ago

In the video does he say why he focused more on Ivys? Was he scared of peaking for NCAAs?

rsgnsf
6 months ago

2:08.18, not 218.18. C’mon.

Fast and Furious
Reply to  rsgnsf
6 months ago

Starting to get more and more used to those mistakes, I’m not even disappointed anymore at this point

Orange
6 months ago

How the heck did he beat Marchand?

Stewart Fenwick
Reply to  Orange
6 months ago

I mean, it’s not like Marchand swam 2:06 or even 2:07

Super elite breastrokers regularly swim 2:08 in season (ZSC, Qin Haiyang, Japanese swimmers). And Fallon being a World Championship bronze medalist should be able to swim 2:08 in season if he wants to medal in Paris.

Facts
Reply to  Orange
6 months ago

Marchands breastroke is pretty pedestrian in-season and Fallon is a pretty good swimmer who is only like a second behind Marchand in the event making an upset possible

Jeah
Reply to  Facts
6 months ago

pedestrian lol

Yinz
Reply to  Orange
6 months ago

Marchand’s super power is off-the-walls / underwater. Fallon’s super-strength is endurance. So, in season LCM favors Fallon a bit. Even the smallest deviation from an ideal pace for either of them makes the other one a favorite. Fallon won this one, swimming a race more to his liking (preferred pace). On to the next one.

swimbrah
6 months ago

Spoken like a true Wharton man

Lpman
6 months ago

No one tapers any more

Andrew
6 months ago

lmaoo bro was coping so hard for losing to Leon at NCs. He could’ve just said that he’s nowhere near as good at SCY as LCM rather than lying and saying his was all in at a mickey mouse conference champs

ForGotham
Reply to  Andrew
6 months ago

Either that or he doesn’t know himself well enough. He swam all season bests and a PB at NC’s, it was clearly a better meet than Ivy’s for him

Jeah
Reply to  ForGotham
6 months ago

does he train on his own?

Question
Reply to  Andrew
6 months ago

Did you even watch the video? This is a click bait headline at best. “Longer rest” does not always mean “more taper” and no where does it seem like he’s “coping”

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