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What Is The Hardest Event in Long Course Swimming?<\/strong><\/p>\n

First, let me clarify one thing. I haven\u2019t competed in long course since 2012 when I tried it for a summer, and to this day, this remains my opinion on it.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, let me clarify some other things. While I may not have participated in a long-course meet since I was 13, I have attended a few meets as a spectator and I participated (more like survived) in a few long-course practices during a training trip during my junior year of college. I\u2019ll never forget pinballing between the lane ropes during a backstroke set, sun ambushing my eyes, plastic rings scraping my sunburns, and wondering exactly what I had done to deserve this.<\/p>\n

Anyhow, even if my participation in long course over the last decade or so amounts to the exact opposite of whatever a lion\u2019s share is, I\u2019d still like to believe that my experience watching it (much better than swimming it) amounts to enough that I can write this and know somewhat what I\u2019m talking about.<\/p>\n

Because of word limits, I\u2019m limiting my debate to a few events:<\/p>\n

200 Backstroke<\/strong><\/h3>\n

To me, the 200 back, especially when done at an outdoor pool, seems akin to swimming backstroke in the middle of the ocean, and for good reason. While the stakes are obviously lower, I would put my morale during a long-course backstroke set at just a few spots higher than if I were swimming backstroke in the middle of the ocean, dry land no more than a speck of dust on the horizon. Instead of having a rough idea of how many strokes it will take to reach the flags, where you start thinking about your stroke count, there\u2019s nothing but you, your head, and lots of kicking and looking at the ceiling. Is that a monkey hanging from the ceiling fan, or are you just hallucinating?<\/p>\n

200 Butterfly<\/strong><\/h3>\n

As someone who by no means was ever anything close to resembling a butterflier, the closest thing I can think of that physically resembles me swimming butterfly is the Titanic when it was at a 45-degree angle. The 200 fly seems to be that one event that you have to be superhuman to finish. I can barely swim it in short course. Long course would probably leave me hugging the bulkhead like Tom Holland at the end of Avengers: Infinity War<\/em><\/a>. The short-course 200 fly at least has rest to some degree in the turns. I\u2019m not sure how much rest it would be, but it has to be good for at least half a breath.<\/p>\n

In his 2019 world record-breaking 200 fly swim at the World Championships, Hungarian Kristof Milak<\/strong><\/a> swam a 1:50.73, with the following splits: 24.66,28.22, 28.69, 29.16. That\u2019s freaky fast. All four splits under 30. You have to be an absolute workhorse to succeed in this.<\/p>\n

400 Individual Medley<\/strong><\/h3>\n

There\u2019s a reason the greatest Olympian of all time dropped the event from his race program: Even for someone with an absolutely ridiculous training regimen, such as Michael Phelps, the amount of just conditioning needed to succeed in the race made it arguably the hardest event that he swam.<\/p>\n

As someone who swam it as one of his main events in college, it was hard enough, even with my coach putting us through training designed specifically for that event. It got to the point where I woke up in the hotel before finals, remembered that I had to swim it again that night and let out a groan so loud that I\u2019m sure people down the hall thought someone was dying. And that was just short course.<\/p>\n

Does the LCM 400 IM seem a little more simple when you really think about it? Sure. Just eight lengths as opposed to 16. When you\u2019re swimming what seems to be a 200 if you squint juuust enough, it becomes a little more manageable. Is it easier, though? Not at all. For one, there are fewer turns, which could be a source of a few precious milliseconds of rest. There\u2019s also the fact that, as I\u2019ve previously mentioned, long course pretty much feels like you\u2019re swimming in one of those endless pools until – surprise! – there\u2019s a concrete wall five feet away from you. It takes some serious mental willpower to get through that type of stuff, and serious props should be given to anyone who can.<\/p>\n

1500 Freestyle<\/strong><\/h3>\n

It\u2019s just shorter than the mile, and yet somehow much harder. Why? Let\u2019s take a look. For one, it takes some serious strategizing. Go out too fast, and you risk tiring out and barely making it through the rest of the race. On the other hand, if you go out too slow, you risk getting left in the dust by your competition and possibly having a little too much energy left over in the end. So, you have to find a balance between the two. Then there’s that seemingly endless 50-meter lane. Get used to it, because you\u2019re doing that for about 30 laps. Good luck, and may the odds be ever in your favor.<\/p>\n

200 Breaststroke<\/strong><\/p>\n

Last but certainly not least, we have the 200 breast. Imagine the 100 breast, but longer. In a way, it almost seems like it should be easier than the short course 200. There\u2019s no wall there to slow you down with that open turn that everyone is either amazing or awful at, so it\u2019s basically just sprinting a lap, pacing a lap, sprinting a lap, and then leaving everything you have in the water for that final 50. And yet, for some reason, it\u2019s not. At some point or another, your body kind of assumes a wall will be coming up and starts mentally preparing itself for that ~.10 second break that never comes and leaves you floundering for air.<\/p>\n

So, there are a few options. What\u2019s your hardest event?<\/p>\n

All commentaries are the opinion of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Swimming World Magazine nor its staff.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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