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 2009-07-15 2:18 PM |
Extreme Veteran  660   |  Subject: Bad Pool MathMy workout started bad enough, I was planning on running but while driving to the place I run a realized I had let all of running gear at home. Ok that’s no big deal I did have my swim gear so I decided to go for a swim instead. So I start swimming not really thinking about much as I swim. It really seems to be taking a long time to get through the swim, but I did not think much of it and went ahead and finished up my swim and I was pretty proud the had meet my goal and swam 750 meters (I did not look at the clock as was just concentrating on getting the distance) When I was getting out one of my swim coaches was walking by and I started talking to him about being excited about finally swimming 750 meters straight. He says that’s great and then says I should get my money back from the college I attended (where I was a math major) because 32 laps are 1450 meters! Doooooh Guess I am closer to be ready for an Olympic length swim then I thought |
| 2009-07-15 2:22 PM in reply to: #2287516 |
Extreme Veteran 317 Chelmsford, MA | Subject: RE: Bad Pool Math Laps or lengths? 32 laps is 1600 yards. 32 lengths is 800. Lap = Down and back. Length = Down. |
| 2009-07-15 2:26 PM in reply to: #2287516 |
Pro 5011 Twin Cities | Subject: RE: Bad Pool Math 32 laps in a 25 pool is 1600. 32 LENGTHS is an 800. Don't sweat the meters/yards thing. If you're there to swim 1000, go down and back 20 times and call it a day. Edited by mmrocker13 2009-07-15 2:27 PM |
| 2009-07-15 2:31 PM in reply to: #2287516 |
Regular 126 East San Francisco Bay Area | Subject: RE: Bad Pool Math Maybe an easier way to get through the distance and keep track of the time is to count in sets. Ex: 200 yard warm-up 4 x 50 yards (5 second rest) 200 yard kicking 5 x 100 yards (10 second rest) 200 yard cool down Total about 1300 yards Your math is better then mine, i use meters and yards essentially as the same thing. I always work in sets, some long, some short. But something like that may be an easier way to count the laps, track your progress, work on a little speed and focus on the stroke and also probably more fun then chasing walls. |
| 2009-07-15 2:44 PM in reply to: #2287516 |
Extreme Veteran 547 Atlanta | Subject: RE: Bad Pool Math I use this on my longer swims, or sometimes just for time. The one hand use is great. http://www.sportcount.com/productsNew.php?category=SportCount
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| 2009-07-15 2:46 PM in reply to: #2287516 |
| Alpharetta, Georgia | Subject: RE: Bad Pool Math BuckHamilton - 2009-07-15 2:18 PM
I guess I'm weird in doing this, but I count by the 25s. Most people I know count by LAPS, which would be by the 50s, but I think that is way harder and much more confusing. Each length, I repeat in my head "25... 25... 25... 25..." and then "50...50...50..50" and then "75...75...75...75..." etc. I say it in my head to the rhythym of my stroke. I make a big deal in my head on the 100s, like sing it to a song in my head, so I can keep a mental milestone of sorts. If I'm doing a set where I have to do 8 or 10 or 12 100s in a row, I chant in my head something that rhymes with each number. For example... "One, One, One is DUMB" for the first 100... then "Two, Two, I love SHOES" for the second. Etc. In short... chanting and rhyming. |
| 2009-07-15 2:48 PM in reply to: #2287516 |
Extreme Veteran 660 | Subject: RE: Bad Pool Math spbdds I ussally do something like that but I really just wanted to see if I go 750 meters non stop. I know its kind of wierd and was 99% sure I could do it but I just needed to do it |
| 2009-07-15 2:51 PM in reply to: #2287516 |
Master 1826 | Subject: RE: Bad Pool Math A lap is from one length of a pool to the other. That's it.. out and back is 2 laps Edited by slake707 2009-07-15 2:51 PM |
| 2009-07-15 2:52 PM in reply to: #2287516 |
Extreme Veteran 660 | Subject: RE: Bad Pool Math jessica71980 - how do you read it without stopping? my idea was a big digital sign you hand in the water at one end and everytime you hit it it increases the count up or down by 1 |
| 2009-07-15 2:54 PM in reply to: #2287516 |
Extreme Veteran 660 | Subject: RE: Bad Pool Math |
| 2009-07-15 2:55 PM in reply to: #2287610 |
Sneaky Slow 8694 Herndon, VA, | Subject: RE: Bad Pool Math slake707 - 2009-07-15 3:51 PM A lap is from one length of a pool to the other. That's it.. out and back is 2 laps slakey, what? did you mistype? not following this. If a lap is a length, why the need for two different words? Edited by newleaf 2009-07-15 2:56 PM |
| 2009-07-15 3:00 PM in reply to: #2287516 |
Elite 2844 Reston VA | Subject: RE: Bad Pool Math A lap is from one end of the pool to the other end. |
| 2009-07-15 3:01 PM in reply to: #2287627 |
Pro 5011 Twin Cities | Subject: RE: Bad Pool Math Some folks do use the two interchangeably. |
| 2009-07-15 3:03 PM in reply to: #2287516 |
Pro 5169 Burbs | Subject: RE: Bad Pool Math |
| 2009-07-15 3:03 PM in reply to: #2287640 |
Sneaky Slow 8694 Herndon, VA, | Subject: RE: Bad Pool Math shelly123 - 2009-07-15 4:00 PM A lap is from one end of the pool to the other end. Hmm, I always use "length" for that. What do you consider a length to be, then? |
| 2009-07-15 3:04 PM in reply to: #2287516 |
Expert 2547 The Woodlands, TX | Subject: RE: Bad Pool Math I count the yards/swam. 50/100/150/200 etc. almost never count lengths or laps. I keep track by using the pace clock (or my watch if no clock available). ex: The first 100 I swim in 1:20. at a somewhat steady pace I know that if I turn and see 4 minutes (plus or minus a few) I've gone 300. This also creates a great incentive to 'beat the clock' so to speak. If the pace is 1:20 then I end up trying to turn before 4 minutes (in the example above) to improve my avg pace. |
| 2009-07-15 3:05 PM in reply to: #2287516 |
Expert 1076 Las Vegas, NV | Subject: RE: Bad Pool Math Seems like this needs a poll  Always thought a length was from one end to the other, and then when you get back to where you started (two lengths) you have completed 1 lap. So typically length = 25m and lap = 50m. |
| 2009-07-15 3:07 PM in reply to: #2287649 |
Elite 2844 Reston VA | Subject: RE: Bad Pool Math newleaf - 2009-07-15 4:03 PM shelly123 - 2009-07-15 4:00 PM A lap is from one end of the pool to the other end. Hmm, I always use "length" for that. What do you consider a length to be, then? no swim coach or swim team I have been on has ever used length. |
| 2009-07-15 3:11 PM in reply to: #2287659 |
Sneaky Slow 8694 Herndon, VA, | Subject: RE: Bad Pool Math shelly123 - 2009-07-15 4:07 PM newleaf - 2009-07-15 4:03 PM no swim coach or swim team I have been on has ever used length.shelly123 - 2009-07-15 4:00 PM A lap is from one end of the pool to the other end. Hmm, I always use "length" for that. What do you consider a length to be, then? I think I will build a big donut-shaped pool, and then I will not have to worry about this. |
| 2009-07-15 3:11 PM in reply to: #2287668 |
Elite 2844 Reston VA | Subject: RE: Bad Pool Math newleaf - 2009-07-15 4:11 PM shelly123 - 2009-07-15 4:07 PM newleaf - 2009-07-15 4:03 PM no swim coach or swim team I have been on has ever used length.shelly123 - 2009-07-15 4:00 PM A lap is from one end of the pool to the other end. Hmm, I always use "length" for that. What do you consider a length to be, then? I think I will build a big donut-shaped pool, and then I will not have to worry about this. That would suck for counting I am sure.  |
| 2009-07-15 3:11 PM in reply to: #2287649 |
| Champion 6539 South Jersey | Subject: RE: Bad Pool Math newleaf - 2009-07-15 4:03 PM shelly123 - 2009-07-15 4:00 PM A lap is from one end of the pool to the other end. Hmm, I always use "length" for that. What do you consider a length to be, then? I consider a length to be a lap |
| 2009-07-15 3:14 PM in reply to: #2287673 |
Sneaky Slow 8694 Herndon, VA, | Subject: RE: Bad Pool Math LaurenSU02 - 2009-07-15 4:11 PM newleaf - 2009-07-15 4:03 PM shelly123 - 2009-07-15 4:00 PM A lap is from one end of the pool to the other end. Hmm, I always use "length" for that. What do you consider a length to be, then? I consider a length to be a lap So if someone said to you, "Come sit on my lap," you'd consider it the same if they used the word "length" instead? Weird. :P |
| 2009-07-15 3:17 PM in reply to: #2287516 |
| Alpharetta, Georgia | Subject: RE: Bad Pool Math |
| 2009-07-15 3:27 PM in reply to: #2287668 |
Extreme Veteran 660 | Subject: RE: Bad Pool Math newleaf - 2009-07-15 3:11 PM shelly123 - 2009-07-15 4:07 PM newleaf - 2009-07-15 4:03 PM no swim coach or swim team I have been on has ever used length.shelly123 - 2009-07-15 4:00 PM A lap is from one end of the pool to the other end. Hmm, I always use "length" for that. What do you consider a length to be, then? I think I will build a big donut-shaped pool, and then I will not have to worry about this. it also needs a chocolate doughnut hanging from a string about a foot off the water that you can chase. |
| 2009-07-15 3:30 PM in reply to: #2287684 |
Regular 187 Barrie, Ontario, Canada | Subject: RE: Bad Pool Math newleaf - 2009-07-15 4:14 PM LaurenSU02 - 2009-07-15 4:11 PM newleaf - 2009-07-15 4:03 PM shelly123 - 2009-07-15 4:00 PM A lap is from one end of the pool to the other end. Hmm, I always use "length" for that. What do you consider a length to be, then? I consider a length to be a lap So if someone said to you, "Come sit on my lap," you'd consider it the same if they used the word "length" instead? Weird. :P Would it mean anything different if you said, "Come sit on my length!"  |
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