Whats your time??? (swimming 100m time) (Page 4)

I had a nice laugh at my time looking at a NCAA meet for the 1650.. even for the women, most 100 yard splits were less than one minute (for the winning time) I think finishing in something like 16:30 or so.  That's pretty smokin fast, and I think the men average 50-55 per 100.  (SCY)

I prefer to think of it as motivating...

Yeah, I should have used red font I guess, although it's a tiny bit depressing  I think it is time to get past my intimidation of swimming with the masters and just go do it.   

I think the takeaway from this thread should be that most people have lots of room to improve in their swimming!  Like everything else, it just takes hard work and time.

The perception that these times are ridiculously fast in in part indicative of the poor state of swimming in triathlon (plenty of good cyclists and runners, not so many good swimmers).   Work hard and you'll get better!  With good effort people with no swimming background can be top 20% or even top 10% swimmers in triathlons.

Also, keep in mind that the sub 50 second 100 yd times people are posting aren't something they can get close to today, could never hold for more than 100 yds, were with a dive, were in yards not meters, and were swum when they concentrated only on swimming.  It makes them sound fast, but by college swimming standards these "fast" times were posted by mediocre-to-relatively-good former DIII swimmers or mediocre former DI swimmers (with TJ and likely docswim as exceptions to the mediocre part!). 

As a former mediocre DIII swimmer, I'm always humbled when I see people with little or no swim background become fast! 

Brian

Hello

I was thinking about my beginner times.

Should the question be

What is your 100meter average over the course of 500 meters or 1000 meters?  That would be a more realistic number.

Just my thoughts

Kevin

I don't consider my self a fish and my best time is 1:40 in 100m.

1:12 wall push off and open turns, brother is seeing this insisting that I put his time of 1:01 under the same conditions. Also only been swimming since July with any sort of corrected form.

Here is the 100 meter update for me.

Pool swim  25 meter pool  no flip turns

100 meter   2 min 25 seconds.

Getting better each week

Kevin

I can't think of any reasons why flip turns help in OW.  Have to disagree there.

On your other question the time saved is pretty significant.  Right now the world records for long course (1 turn) is ~47 seconds.  For short course it is ~44 seconds.  So at the world class level a flip turn is worth 1.5 seconds per.  For us mere mortals?  Not sure, but probably something similar.  So you probably lose 4-5 seconds or so per 100 in an OWS versus short course practice.

Best TT 100m is 1.06.09 min 10 years ago when i last speed swam.   Not far off that pace now a days though.  I can hold 1.40.00 for 2000m on most days.

I'll do a TT 100m to see what I am at tomorrow.

1:47 yup that's it.  Working at it almost every morning.

I think I'm officially the slowest person on this thread with a time of 3:05 for 100m, though it was my first time swimming actual laps.

After swimming 1,500 or 2,000 yards I can finish the last 100 yards sprinting at about 1:40 per 100. 
Sad but true......

It is also has a huge advantage if you flip turn correctly. I do not flip I just grab the wall and turn and the other day I was shoulder to shoulder with a guy who flip turned and I was one arm length behind him within one second. I could not believe how much ground I lost on that flip turn.

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Yups I agree pretty depressing to see just how many folks swim twice as fast as I do. 

Oh well, after I get this marathon out of the way I can start swimming more than twice a week.  My IM swim was 2:00 / 100.  I usually race around that. 

My first year swimming was 100,000 yards total (2008).  This year should be 250,000 yards ish.  Next year hopefully more like 300,000 to 350,000.  I don't know that I will ever get fast at swimming, no coach within 100 miles, but I would like to.   

Fastest time ever in yards was 47.02, I can't remember any long course times.  I can't go that fast right now though.

Unless, of course, you're wearing a wetsuit for the OWS, which easily trumps a 4-5 sec/100 benefit from pushoffs.

Minor hijack -
Flip turns do help your OWS abilities, but indirectly.  Every additional skill that you learn in the water helps you be more comfortable, gain confidence, and be less likely to freak out under any circumstances (such as mass OWS starts or in choppy water).  This is the same reason that bilateral breathing, swimming without a nose clip, and other "optional" skills all contribute to better overall performance.

This thread made me curious so I did a set of 6X100 last night.  The first one was a 1:27, my fastest ever.  It's nice to see some improvement.

100 yards short course race(off the blocks): 1:06
100 meter long course probably ~ 1:15

Water start no flip turns I'm about a 1:35