Here in the DVLMSC we area a little thin on meets this time of year. I imagine that this is true in many other places as well. Therefore, for fun, and to help sustain the motivation to train, I set forth this Independence Day challenge: Swim an 800 IM, time yourself and report your result here.
To kick off this challenge, (and since I know that someone would call my bluff on this if I didn’t do it myself) I did my 800 IM today (SCY) and swam it in 11:50. Splits were:
2:55 (fly in 2:55)
5:44 (back in 2:49)
8:13 (*** in 3:29)
11:50 (free in 2:37)
(Next stop, :bed:)
To compare swimmers of different ages and genders, compute your rating as follows:
1) Go to the Australian Masters Swimming records and find the record for the SCM 800 IM for your age group and gender.
www.portal.aussi.org.au/.../records.php
For example, for my age group, M45-49, the record is 10:53.34, held by someone named Mark Smedley. (What a great name for an IMer!)
2) Convert the Australian SCM record to SCY with the swimming world time converter.
www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/.../conversions.asp
(Just use the 400 IM conversion. Hey, this is for fun, we don’t have to be precise here.) For example, Mr. Smedley’s time converts to 9:45.39 SCY.
3) Convert both your time and the record time to a total number of seconds, and take the ratio of the record time to your time. For example, Mr. Smedley’s record time is 585s and my time was 710s, so my rating is 585/710 = 0.82. In other words my speed is 82% of that of the record swim for my age group and gender.
4) If you swim it SCM you won’t have to convert. If you swim it LCM, you can use the Austrailian LCM record and you will also not need to convert.
Anyone who completes this challenge gets a :banana: .
The highest overall rating gets a :bow: .
If you complete this challenge LCM, you are :weightlifter: .
So are there any takers? tjrpatt, That Guy, pwb, jaadams1, gdanner, couldbebetterfly? I know that there are some distance fly/IM types out there just itching to do this, so find a pool and celebrate the holiday! Any non-US swimmers, here is your chance to show that your motherland outshines the ‘States.
...my favorite "Aussie Power IM Workout". It is such a favorite that I've failed to complete it twice in the last 6 months. Aussie, because it includes an 800 IM. Power, because everything is a power of 2.
Aussie Power IM Workout
800 warmup + swimdown, choice, surrounding the main set.
Main Set:
1 x 800 IM on 16:00
2 x 400 IM on 8:00
4 x 200 IM on 4:00
8 x 100 IM on 2:00
Main set is 3200 SCY/M and takes 64 minutes.
Today I based my workout on this concept. In SCY I did:
800 wu BE3,
1x(800 IM + 200 AR)/16:00,
2x(400 IM + 100 AR)/8:00,
4x(200 IM + 25 AR)/4:00,
8x(100 IM)/2:00,
200 cd
Since the intervals are generous for SCY I added some AR, which I am sure makes this a lot easier.
800 IM@11:48
This is 2s faster than the only other time I did and 800 IM:
U.S. Masters Swimming Discussion Forums - View Single Post - Independence Day challenge
This time my splits were:
200 fly@3:00
200 bk@2:50
200 br@3:18
200 fr@2:40
Last time my splits were:
2:55 (fly in 2:55)
5:44 (back in 2:49)
8:13 (*** in 3:29)
11:50 (free in 2:37)
So by loafing the fly this time, I was able to punch a much better breaststroke leg.
Last time I pushed the free a lot harder, but last time I didn't follow it up with another 2400 yds of IM.
Now I need to :bed:
Anyone else game for a shot at the 800 IM?
...my favorite "Aussie Power IM Workout". It is such a favorite that I've failed to complete it twice in the last 6 months. Aussie, because it includes an 800 IM. Power, because everything is a power of 2.
Aussie Power IM Workout
800 warmup + swimdown, choice, surrounding the main set.
Main Set:
1 x 800 IM on 16:00
2 x 400 IM on 8:00
4 x 200 IM on 4:00
8 x 100 IM on 2:00
Main set is 3200 SCY/M and takes 64 minutes.
Today I based my workout on this concept. In SCY I did:
800 wu BE3,
1x(800 IM + 200 AR)/16:00,
2x(400 IM + 100 AR)/8:00,
4x(200 IM + 25 AR)/4:00,
8x(100 IM)/2:00,
200 cd
Since the intervals are generous for SCY I added some AR, which I am sure makes this a lot easier.
800 IM@11:48
This is 2s faster than the only other time I did and 800 IM:
U.S. Masters Swimming Discussion Forums - View Single Post - Independence Day challenge
This time my splits were:
200 fly@3:00
200 bk@2:50
200 br@3:18
200 fr@2:40
Last time my splits were:
2:55 (fly in 2:55)
5:44 (back in 2:49)
8:13 (*** in 3:29)
11:50 (free in 2:37)
So by loafing the fly this time, I was able to punch a much better breaststroke leg.
Last time I pushed the free a lot harder, but last time I didn't follow it up with another 2400 yds of IM.
Now I need to :bed:
Anyone else game for a shot at the 800 IM?
