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
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
Back in the mid 1990's the University of Michigan's Men swim team used to do a T-30 swim every 3 or 4 weeks as a measure of aerobic fitness. This was done to build and improve the aerobic base. It was also designed to teach the swimmer how to push the pace throughout this endurance swim. A cruise interval (CI) can be calculated by taking the total 30 minutes and dividing the time by the total number of yards swam and then calculating your average time per 100 yards. Then add 10 to 15 seconds per 100 and that would be your cruise interval for a distance set.
Most of the distance swimmers could easily do 3000 yards and some did as many as 3300 yards and if I recall Chris Thompson and Tom Dolan were at those levels. This would make sense because both swimmers could go under 14:30 for the 1650 Free and both of these swimmers had the American Record in that event. Almost all of the College and Pro distance swimmers could easily average 1:00 per 100 yards for the T-30 and I am confident that most could do the T-60 swim in a minimum distance of 6000 yards and the best could do upwards of 6600 or more.
In masters swimming, two swimmers have been over 6000 yards for the 1 Hour swim and they were both USA Swimming National Team members as non masters swimmers. Dan Veatch swam 6115 in 1984 in the 25-29 age group and Robert Margalis swam 6135 in 2007 in the 18-24 age group. Granted this is about double the distance that you are swimming at the moment and more like 4 miles, but a real good distance PRO, who is a USA Swimming National Team member or and NCAA finalist could easily swim two 1650 swims in 30 minutes. I realize that is about twice as fast as you swam but you are talking about the best in the world in this swim.
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
Back in the mid 1990's the University of Michigan's Men swim team used to do a T-30 swim every 3 or 4 weeks as a measure of aerobic fitness. This was done to build and improve the aerobic base. It was also designed to teach the swimmer how to push the pace throughout this endurance swim. A cruise interval (CI) can be calculated by taking the total 30 minutes and dividing the time by the total number of yards swam and then calculating your average time per 100 yards. Then add 10 to 15 seconds per 100 and that would be your cruise interval for a distance set.
Most of the distance swimmers could easily do 3000 yards and some did as many as 3300 yards and if I recall Chris Thompson and Tom Dolan were at those levels. This would make sense because both swimmers could go under 14:30 for the 1650 Free and both of these swimmers had the American Record in that event. Almost all of the College and Pro distance swimmers could easily average 1:00 per 100 yards for the T-30 and I am confident that most could do the T-60 swim in a minimum distance of 6000 yards and the best could do upwards of 6600 or more.
In masters swimming, two swimmers have been over 6000 yards for the 1 Hour swim and they were both USA Swimming National Team members as non masters swimmers. Dan Veatch swam 6115 in 1984 in the 25-29 age group and Robert Margalis swam 6135 in 2007 in the 18-24 age group. Granted this is about double the distance that you are swimming at the moment and more like 4 miles, but a real good distance PRO, who is a USA Swimming National Team member or and NCAA finalist could easily swim two 1650 swims in 30 minutes. I realize that is about twice as fast as you swam but you are talking about the best in the world in this swim.
