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2009-04-30 1:16 PM

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Subject: Yards to meters and happy
The pool I swim at changed the lap lanes from "down" the pol to "across" the pool to make it 25 meters instead of 25 yards per length. I swam a 500 non stop after the change to compare to my time a couple weeks ago and swam a few seconds faster and with greater ease. I'm just happy the lesson I took and hard work is paying off and thought I'd share. Thanks for reading

2009-04-30 1:35 PM
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Uh, meters be longer than yards. so you're swimming further and faster?
2009-04-30 2:23 PM
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the bear - 2009-04-30 2:35 PM Uh, meters be longer than yards. so you're swimming further and faster?


Yup, most people don't get faster when they switch yards to meters.
2009-04-30 2:30 PM
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the bear - 2009-04-30 12:35 PM Uh, meters be longer than yards. so you're swimming further and faster?


Thank you, I was so confused! 
2009-04-30 3:21 PM
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He still might be faster if hes training.  But I still think that is a very sqaure pool.  If my pool switched it would be from 25yds to 15yds.
2009-04-30 3:35 PM
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Subject: RE: Yards to meters and happy
Fun metric math facts...

25 m = 27.34 yds
25 yds = 22.86 m

In simple rounding terms, a meter is 1.1 yards.

Thus, you would be swimming 10% further.

2009-05-01 2:24 AM
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I'm confused, am I getting insulted/questioned re:swimming faster and the fact that the pool I swim at is 25yards by 25meters or were people just pointing out the obvious that meters are longer than yards and I'm swimming faster?
2009-05-01 3:19 AM
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Awesome!! Always nice when you have a swim breakthrough....I am working on it....    
2009-05-01 4:38 AM
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dennisgoodrich - 2009-05-01 3:24 AM

I'm confused, am I getting insulted/questioned re:swimming faster and the fact that the pool I swim at is 25yards by 25meters or were people just pointing out the obvious that meters are longer than yards and I'm swimming faster?

No, no, no - don't get insulted! I think the wording of your post was confusing: it sounded like you were saying, "Hey look, my laps take me less time now 'cause my pool switched lengths!" Which, obviously, made no sense. I think what you were actually saying was, "My pool got longer and yet I'm getting even faster times! My training/lesson rocks!" Just one of the one or two examples of misunderstanding through typing.

And good job! Love the swimming breakthroughs - so satisfying!
2009-05-01 4:55 AM
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Great Job!!  Always great to see improvement like that!

2009-05-01 7:56 AM
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Subject: RE: Yards to meters and happy

OP wasn't confusing at all.

OP clearly stated faster swim times after they switched to meters.

some assumed this is not to be possible.

depending on where someone is in their swim training and how consistant they are in their training, it is very possible, and very likely.

congrats on the improved times!!!  keep it up!!!!

if the 10% faster number is correct, one would have to go from 2:00/100 to 1:48/100 to show an improved time....anyone think this is possible?  or from 2:20/100 to 2:06/100....

of course, if you are swimming 1:30/100, moving down to 1:21/100 is going to be much more difficult task.

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