Pace Practice For 1500

How do you set up a practice to train for 1500?

A long-time friend of mine emailed me his latest 3000 yard workout, sharing his results for some 500 repeats he made with the 1500 triathlon swim as his target. His (traditional) approach is to jump in the pool and just swim hard, with some rest intervals in there to break up the distance and permit harder-than-race-pace efforts – basic interval stuff. He does this regularly hoping for some improvement in times.

He asked how I might design a 3000 to 3500 yard workout, in comparison to his. This was my reply:

Here is an example of a set I might design with 1500 tri-swim training in mind, using your 7:13 for 500 yards pace as a reference point for target pace.

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