Swim speed revisited! (1500m pace Poll)

Can hold low 1.30's

Played a bit of waterpolo but had a 4-5 year break from any swimming then got into triathlon. Swim 3x per week 1.5 hours each.

Much more organized than my thread excited to see the results.

Hehe just looked at posting times, I can see im not the only 1 who doesnt sleep.

I was around 1:48-1:50 in my last race, but am much slower in the pool (more like 2:30)... my form definitely needs work, so I like when there's a good OW current to help me out.

Hey- I'm not in DFL category in this poll!!
Although I get discouraged sometimes, I try to keep in mind that I have minimal swim background & could barely do 50 last Dec.  Now I can do over 1mi straight, although slowly. 

Seeing as how a good deal of people probably swim in 25 yard pools not meter pools it is going to be tough to figure out and will probably also skew a lot of numbers, especially as noted in the other thread as most people don't realize.

Closest I have right now to compare I did just a T20 swim and ended up doing 52 laps, was just going fairly easy and this was about 6 weeks back in the pool after 10 years. This was in a 25 yard pool so only ~1200 meters covered but that comes out to about a 1:40.

I'll do a 1650yards next week though at a good pace and see where I am.

Voting 135-140 was competitive for now since that is where it seems I sit. I'd probably be 1:20 range with another month in the pool and if I tried or was in a competition.

At my last race I did an Olympic relay. It was a 1640 yard swim and I did it in 20:09 for a 1:14 pace. I swam for 4 years on a club team in high school.

1640 yards is exactly 1500m so about a 1:20 pace in meters, not bad.

I was always a "good" swimmer growing up, but never swam for time until my junior year of high school...and only ended up being a decent overall utility guy on the high school swim team (could stick me in any race or relay and I could at least compete/help the relay team).  Swam the 200 IM in sectionals but didn't come close to qualifying for State. 

W/ that said, I hit the beach during an Olympic 2 weeks ago at 31 minutes (was not winded)...I was pretty happy w/ that.  

I'm so glad to have received good training/instruction in high school b/c technique is king when it comes to swimming...   

Are you asking race pace, or staright swim pace (i.e. workout)?

Other variables to consider:
Wetsuit or not
Pool or OW race (OW races are notoriously inaccuarate...I've had "1500" that ranged from closer to 1000 (YAY! I'm FAST!) to 2000.

Etc etc...

Well, this year I was 1:26/100 for my only oly.  But that was "current assisted".  I am in the 1:35-1:40 range otherwise.  No swim training/racing until age 35.

I learned to swim as a youth (swim lessons and life guard training) but did not swim competitively.  In August '04, I got back into the pool to attempt to remember how to swim at the age of 28.

My best 1500m is 22:26 and my goal for this off season is to knock that down into the 21' range.

Shane

i started swimming in January, never competed or even swam with any intent before that. my fastest Oly time is 19:56, i am usually in the 21-23 mins area with a wetsuit for an OWS, last night i did a 1500 in 23:45 with no wetsuit OWS. 

Unfortunately, OWS vs pool vs OWS w/wetsuit vs Pool with flip turns vs OWS with Current will all vary greatly in time

but i love threads like these

Swam competitively as a kid... from 14-18 years of age. Kept up with it off and on after High School as well.


I keep a solid 1:40 per 100 METERS... no matter the distance. One speed. That's me!

I can keep the speed for up to 3 miles open water.



Edited by KSH 2009-08-27 10:50 AM

I swam competitively as a kid, and I go between 1:30-1:40 for an Olympic. Mostly because I can swim once a week and do that. I quit because of burnout, it's hard for me to get in the pool more than once or twice a week.

I still need to get a waterproof case for the nano, maybe tunes will help.

John

Curious, but does the wetsuit really help your time much?  I've read about the increased bouyancy but I didn't know if that really translated to speed.  I swim in bulky trunks.