Turned 50 yesterday, so I tried to swim a 50 sec 100 free. The best I could do was 52 with fins. Who has tried this without fins and been able to match their age? I think it's a good challenge. I suppose this feat could be done as early as mid 40's for some, or very few.
I don't get your reasoning, Skip. Clearly Jack Groselle and Rich Abrahams can destroy their age in yards. It's much more difficult to swim your age in LCM because the race is 9% longer. If anyone can swim their age in long course meters, but not yards they must have REALLY bad turns!
Kirk: I said that wrong. I was thinking about Matt Biondi going 54 for the LCM 100 Free which is almost as good as the SCY time he did and thinking as he get older he will match his age. Right now if he went 52 he would be 4 short and yet he is 2 ahead in SCY in the 100 distance.
I don't get your reasoning, Skip. Clearly Jack Groselle and Rich Abrahams can destroy their age in yards. It's much more difficult to swim your age in LCM because the race is 9% longer. If anyone can swim their age in long course meters, but not yards they must have REALLY bad turns!
Kirk: I said that wrong. I was thinking about Matt Biondi going 54 for the LCM 100 Free which is almost as good as the SCY time he did and thinking as he get older he will match his age. Right now if he went 52 he would be 4 short and yet he is 2 ahead in SCY in the 100 distance.
