Ryan Murphy Feeling “Comfortable” With Fatigue in Longer Races

2023 PRO SWIM SERIES – FORT LAUDERDALE

Ryan Murphy dominated the 200 backstroke in Ft. Lauderdale, clocking a solid 1:56.4, well over 3 seconds ahead of the field. Murphy has been in a heavy training block since before the Knoxville Pro Swim and is happy with where his racing is at the moment. The Olympic champ notes that he likes that he’s feeling comfortable swimming through fatigue once it set in during the latter half of the race.

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Dressel GOAT
1 year ago

@Coleman, Did you spot Caeleb on the pool deck? He was in Fort Lauderdale for a Speedo photoshoot.

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Dressel GOAT
Reply to  Dressel GOAT
1 year ago

Gregg Troy was also on pool deck. Maybe he is back coaching Caeleb in a small pro group for Paris 2024.

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MarkB
Reply to  Dressel GOAT
1 year ago

Coach Troy is helping out FAST in Ocala. Saw him there in December at a meet. He said he was “just an old guy helping some younger swimmers”. They were hanging on his every word (as they should!).

Mango
Reply to  Dressel GOAT
1 year ago

As someone who misses Caeleb in this sport so much, it’s a different kind of feeling seeing him lose so much muscle, but I guess you’ve thrown me a ray of hope that he’s not done yet

Anonymous
1 year ago

He should try swimming fast in prelims to evaluate his recovery for finals.

Andrew
1 year ago

He can feel extra comfortable knowing every 200 back field he goes against is terrible.

Lochte/Peirsol/Clary/Phelps would clean up against these 2 back fields

jeff
Reply to  Andrew
1 year ago

lmao thats what I was thinking- if you roughly equate Peirsol’s WR to Regan Smith’s, Smith’s is 10.2% slower which seems like a decent conversion rate given that Irie’s PB would convert to 2:03.9 and Lochte’s to a 2:04.4

The same conversion would put the medal winning times from Worlds last year to a 2:06.2, 2:06.9, and 2:07.1, with this PSS swim converting to a 2:08.3

Mr Piano
Reply to  jeff
1 year ago

Peirsol and Irie were wearing arena x glides.

Andrew
Reply to  Mr Piano
1 year ago

I’m well aware, but Piersol still would’ve been going 1:53-1:55 range without a suit.

Believe me, I’m not underestimating the advantage the supersuit provided

jeff
Reply to  Mr Piano
1 year ago

that is true but even if you roughly equate Missy’s old WR to Lochte’s textile WR, the times are still pretty similar where this PSS swim converts to a 2:07.9

ReneDescartes
Reply to  Mr Piano
1 year ago

Peirsol never wore an X-glide.

Bignowhere
Reply to  ReneDescartes
1 year ago

Actually in 2009 he did wear an x-glide leggings suit.

But I agree with the other commenter who said Peirsol would be in the 1:53 range even without the tech suits. For most of his career he wore jammers.

Sub13
Reply to  Andrew
1 year ago

It kind of sucks that the best 200 backstroker in the world was sidelined by politics and left a super weak field behind them.

CADWALLADER GANG
Reply to  Sub13
1 year ago

politics? am i missing something?

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Coleman Hodges

Coleman started his journey in the water at age 1, and although he actually has no memory of that, something must have stuck. A Missouri native, he joined the Columbia Swim Club at age 9, where he is still remembered for his stylish dragon swim trunks. After giving up on …

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