Hi all, I am a relative beginner just started regular training. My aim is to get to 30' on 1500 m in a 50 m pool.
I have tried a straight 1500 m in a pool last evening, and got 35'9" with not much effort with average 52 spl without flip turns, which was about 49 - 50 near the beginning but 52 - 54 towards the end.
Last week I also tried a straight 2000 m in the same pool, and got 46'52", i.e. the exact same pace (2'21" / 100 m) as last evening, but with 50 - 52 spl at the beginning and 57 - 58 towards the end.
More swim statistics includes:
10 x 100m on 2'30" - average 2'5"
10 x 100m on 3' - average 2'0"
4 x 500m on 12'30" - 11'22", 11'25", 11'49", 11'56"
50m all out - 47" with about 53 strokes (race time is much faster because races start with a dive)
For comparison, my running race speed is 48'36" for 10 km on completely flat course, but any slope will tire me and slow me down immediately significantly.
Should I work to reduce stroke per length, or increase the effort (i.e. stroke rate) to see if I can reduce my time further?
I'm a relative beginner too, having been sidelined from running permanently with arthritis at age 67. I'm now 70 and have 3 years of masters team practice and improvement has been scant. Of course age has much to do with that, but I found that 40+ years of running has eliminated much the the ankle flexibility needed for a good kick. Honestly, my feet will not flex and a couple years ago I could take a kick board and flail away for all I'm worth and go absolutely nowhere. Now I can kick a tiny bit but 25yds will take several minutes. So 99.9% of my propulsion comes from the arms BUT even my lame, ineffective kick speeds me up because the body position is better and I get more glide per stroke.
I'm a relative beginner too, having been sidelined from running permanently with arthritis at age 67. I'm now 70 and have 3 years of masters team practice and improvement has been scant. Of course age has much to do with that, but I found that 40+ years of running has eliminated much the the ankle flexibility needed for a good kick. Honestly, my feet will not flex and a couple years ago I could take a kick board and flail away for all I'm worth and go absolutely nowhere. Now I can kick a tiny bit but 25yds will take several minutes. So 99.9% of my propulsion comes from the arms BUT even my lame, ineffective kick speeds me up because the body position is better and I get more glide per stroke.
