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donzi8

2009-07-23 2:08 PM

Regular

San Diego, CA

Subject: Swim Times

I tried searching previous threads on swim times but didn't find much so in the interest of saving time, I decided just to post.

I hit new PR's last night in my masters class and was wondering how they stack up with everyone. I know they are pretty decent but are they good enough for a front of the pack time?

These times were taken during our main set which was 1450yds and went something like this..... 2x50 easy, 50 fast, 2x50 easy, 100 fast, 2x50 easy, 150 fast and so on up to 200 yard and then back down the pyramid. My 100yd PR was the last in the pyramid or at the end of the main set so we were pretty tired already.

50yd - 34sec
100yd - 1:23
150yd - 2:20
200yd - 3:12

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tealeaf

2009-07-23 2:12 PM

in reply to: #2304313

Sneaky Slow

8694

Herndon, VA,

Subject: RE: Swim Times

I think that if one could hold a 1:23 pace for a given race distance, they'd be in the FOP. Not sure if that was your question... for example, my fastest 100 ever is 1:26, but there is no way on earth I could hold that for a sprint, or even 200 yards, and I am nowhere near the FOP on the swim.

eta after reading cuse's post... guess I need to do different races!!

Edited by newleaf 2009-07-23 2:13 PM

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cusetri

2009-07-23 2:12 PM

in reply to: #2304313

Master

1853

syracuse

Subject: RE: Swim Times

donzi8 - 2009-07-23 3:08 PM I tried searching previous threads on swim times but didn't find much so in the interest of saving time, I decided just to post.

I hit new PR's last night in my masters class and was wondering how they stack up with everyone. I know they are pretty decent but are they good enough for a front of the pack time?

These times were taken during our main set which was 1450yds and went something like this..... 2x50 easy, 50 fast, 2x50 easy, 100 fast, 2x50 easy, 150 fast and so on up to 200 yard and then back down the pyramid. My 100yd PR was the last in the pyramid or at the end of the main set so we were pretty tired already.

50yd - 34sec
100yd - 1:23
150yd - 2:20
200yd - 3:12

yes, as long as you define FOP in the top 1/3.

your 200 time is 1:36/100, which was an easy effort (I think based on pattern...)

with a 100 hard effort of 1:23, if you have decent endurance, you should be able to hold 1:35-1:40 for a 750 M sprint, which will put you in top 1/3 of MOST races.

Edited by cusetri 2009-07-23 2:13 PM

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KenD

2009-07-23 2:13 PM

in reply to: #2304313

Pro

4827

Plano, Texas

Subject: RE: Swim Times

You're way faster than I! I am NOT a FOPer.

You need to compare with times from races in your area.

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Ridgelake

2009-07-23 2:21 PM

in reply to: #2304313

Master

1324

Rochester, NY

Subject: RE: Swim Times

I've been about a 1:30/100 yard pace for my last 2 sprint races, including the 750 meter mini-mussel this past weekend with 700 entrants. In both, I was about the 92nd percentile (In the top 10%). Between the 2 races, there have been over 1000 participants. Thats a decent enough sample size for a SPRINT race to give you an idea.

I've held this general pace, or close to it, in some olympic races. The competition is typically steeper there, and I've usually been about the top 15% to 20% there.

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newbz

2009-07-23 3:14 PM

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Champion

7233

Subject: RE: Swim Times

my swim times look something like this right now:

50yrd: 26 sec
100yrd: 1:00
800m: 1:15 pace (open water)
2000m: 1:19 pace (open water)

tihs puts me near the front of pack in big races, in the top 2-3 in med sized ones.

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rowotter

2009-07-23 3:52 PM

in reply to: #2304313

Veteran

189

Mississippi

Subject: RE: Swim Times

This past weekend I swam an 800 w/o a wetsuit and averaged 1:22 / 100. I was 35 out of 405 participants.

Although I haven't swam many test sets or hard interval sets recently, I could probably do a hard 100 right now right around 1:00.

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E=H2O

2009-07-23 10:54 PM

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