I was never a die hard swimmer but doing it more and more since my knees are getting worn down from running.
Today in the pool I did 2 miles in about an hour and fifteen minutes give or take two minutes. I'm not a pro by any means. Is this quick, or average or? I really have nothing to compare to.
How long might it take a pro? tks
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In a 25-yard pool, the 1650 yard freestyle event is almost a mile. In 25-meter and 50-meter pools, the 1500 meter freestyle event is almost a mile.
You can look at our event rankings for those events, and for your age group, to see how fast it can be swum.
From usms.org, move your mouse over the blue "Competition" tab across the top and select "Event results and rankings" from the pop-up menu. Then click on "Look up event rankings." I assume that you're probably swimming in a short course yards (25-yard) pool, so under that heading select:
Short Course Yards
Season: 2011-2012 (that was our last full season)
Gender: M or F, whichever you are
Stroke: Free
Distance: 1650
Ages: 50 through: 54 (or whatever age group you are in)
Display Top: 300
This will give you an idea of everyone's speed for one mile.
I just ran the above query for the Men's 50-54 age group. The times range from 17:07 minutes to 34:02 minutes.
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In a 25-yard pool, the 1650 yard freestyle event is almost a mile. In 25-meter and 50-meter pools, the 1500 meter freestyle event is almost a mile.
You can look at our event rankings for those events, and for your age group, to see how fast it can be swum.
From usms.org, move your mouse over the blue "Competition" tab across the top and select "Event results and rankings" from the pop-up menu. Then click on "Look up event rankings." I assume that you're probably swimming in a short course yards (25-yard) pool, so under that heading select:
Short Course Yards
Season: 2011-2012 (that was our last full season)
Gender: M or F, whichever you are
Stroke: Free
Distance: 1650
Ages: 50 through: 54 (or whatever age group you are in)
Display Top: 300
This will give you an idea of everyone's speed for one mile.
I just ran the above query for the Men's 50-54 age group. The times range from 17:07 minutes to 34:02 minutes.