Wiffen mentioned he’s anticipating “to swim one of the best ever so I haven’t got to decide” throughout the 200m, 400m, 800m and 1500m occasions he will likely be competing in, regardless of his current lack of aggressive motion.
He outlined his objectives as swimming the 400m round 4.33 seconds, the 800m under 7.42 seconds and the 1500m underneath 14.40 to evaluate whether or not his time spent in California has been profitable.
The County Armagh man additionally cited Dublin as a possible future base if he does determine to maneuver, however emphasised that doing so can be closely dependant on his performances in Bangor.
“If I am round these instances, underneath or round PB, then that is nice. That clearly means the coaching is working, and if it would not work then I [have to figure out] what I am going do after,” he added.
“I am pondering of coming again to Dublin if it would not go properly, however, we have now to see. If I swim lights out in Bangor, then my selections clearly cannot have been made.”
Wiffen additionally defined the primary variations he has encounter between coaching in England and within the US, the place they use yardage as an alternative of metres.
“The coaching is simply fairly completely different and, despite the fact that I do not swim a whole lot of yards, I simply assume being in America is enjoyable. There’s various distractions, and it is a good way of life however, it is not the identical as what Loughborough was like,” he mentioned.
“[It was] all about grind, very related climate to Eire and I like swimming within the rain and when the climate is boring. While you’re within the solar all the things turns into quite a bit more durable and the motivation turns into quite a bit more durable.
“After I’m swimming in California, my motivation is I am with a very good coaching group and all people’s pushing one another, the place as in Loughborough, I really feel prefer it was extra self-motivation, I used to be getting there as a result of I wished to win.
“I wished to do all this stuff the place I really feel like one other group is form of pushing me to swim quick, which I like, however I feel I need a little bit of the self-motivation again, so we’ll must see how the following week goes.”
