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Compare your swim speed to 3000 others.
I thought this would be of interest to some people, particularly those who have not yet competed in their first swimming competition.
It is a summary of the results from the largest participation open water swim event in the uk held in July of this year. British Gas Great London Swim 2011, 1 mile open water (1609m/1760yrds)-Wet suits were compulsory, water temp circa 16.5 degrees celsius. Location Victoria dock, River thames London. These are some stats taken from the general classification and exlude the elite race times which from memory was won in about 16:20. I think its interesting as it demonstrates how many places you gain in a race for each minute off your time, will surprise a lot of TI swimmers how far up the list they would come, and finally help validate why improving your swim times by a minute or more over a distance of a mile takes time and dedication. Winning time 19:32 3206 swimmers finished. This is where you would have come if your time was as follows. 20 minutes 3rd Place 21 minutes 11th Place 22 minutes 22nd Place 23 minutes 44th Place 24 minutes 80th Place 25 minutes 144th Place 26 minutes 211th Place 27 minutes 291st Place 28 minutes 423rd Place 29 minutes 571st Place 30 minutes 712th Place 31 minutes 877th Place 32 minutes 1065th Place 33 minutes 1210 Place 34 minutes 1386 Place 35 minutes 1566 Place 36 minutes 1717 Place 37 minutes 1847 Place 38 minutes 1976 Place 39 minutes 2082 Place 40 minutes 2200 Place 41 minutes 2289 Place 42 minutes 2376 Place 43 minutes 2452 Place 44 minutes 2521 Place 45 minutes 2592 Place 50 minutes 2833 Place 55 minutes 2986 Place 60 minutes 3078 Place 65 minutes 3122 Place 70 minutes 3156 Place 75 minutes 3177 Place final finisher 109 minutes 3206 Place all results information taken from www.greatswim.org |
That was pretty cool. Thanks
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The US Masters Postal Swims are another really good way to get a sense of how your speed stacks up against other swimmers and to track your progress from one year to the next.
A Postal Swim is basically a virtual swim meet. You do the swim by yourself or with friends, and log your results online. It's based on the honor system. You have to get someone to count your laps and time your 100-yard or 100-meter splits. The data you get from this is extremely helpful. There are 5 of these per year.
You have to be a USMS member to participate ($45/year, lots of benefits), and the Postal Swims are something like $11.00. This is a fun, low-pressure way to get started in competition and get some useful data about your speed. There are about 3,000 participants in most of these. Join USMS here: http://www.usms.org/reg/ The left side-bar at http://www.usms.org/ has info about all of the remaining Postal Swims for 2011. |
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