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Old 11-24-16, 04:24 PM
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Great effort and a nice PB. By the look of it, you'll be under 12s in the near future.

Your speed in turns will (should) always be higher. Most of the reason is the physics fact that your centre of mass takes a shorter lower radius turn to your wheels, where the speed is measured at. So while your body continues to move at a given speed, you must speed up your wheels to keep up on the longer radius, hence the higher recorded speed in turns.

Did you get a video of your effort? It's good to go back and check 50m splits to see how your 200 progressed, even 100m splits which should have been on screen. Also try and get a check of your pre F200 50m split. This gives an indication of whether your entry speed is too quick. You basically want it to peak in your first timed 50m, not the lead in 50m. According to some old heads where I occasionally train, peaking speed in the 50m before the timed section is fairly common. That basically means your whole F200 takes in the drop off part of your speed curve, instead of having the peak within your F200 = a slower average and time. Although, that doesn't seem like it might be an issue for you, or that effort at least.

It also sucks being the first person to miss out on qualifying. Sometimes it might have been better to have been 20th, so you could at least say you didn't have a chance. At your progression, I don't think you'll be missing out too much more.
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