How many here are sprinters and how many long distance swimmers?

Alex - It looks like the peripheral blood responded pretty quickly - the samples were taken within about 30 seconds of the swim and definitely corresponded to the effort of the most recent swim. In one case that I got a peak at, a 'distance' swimmer's lactate went from 8 mmole after her last swim to 1 mmole, 5 minutes of rest later. I can't say mine cleared out so rapidly. gull80 - Well, maybe it is 1650 of pain, but if it is true that distance swimmers spend most of their time at threshold, then the swims are relatively pleasant. At least, that is my impression of my relatively little time spent swimming at *my* threshold. Peter - I don't know if you are a sprinter or a distance swimmer. Actually, I think you are a *swimmer.* (and an animal, be sure to let your wife know! ;) ) For those of you who are ignorant, Peter has a long list of amazing swimming accomplishments, from swimming every event, all courses, to 1650 flys, to remarkable February distances every year (and he is still married!). I have never seen anyone go through swim suits or hair faster than Peter. :p Splash - The testing was arranged by our team, and it cost $40. Looking through the paperwork that we got, the only blurb I can find is "The human peroformance team at SMI has recently been named the US Swimming High Performance Clinic for Northern California. These test are incorporated into Stanford and Berkeley Swim programs. Please feel free to call me with questions you may have." But there is no number! I will check with the coach. Also, it sounds like you might find some information at the US Swimming website. Cynthia - there has been some debate on which swimmers are 'smarter' - freestylers, breastrokers, etc. In *my* opinion swimmers of 200 events are the smartest. You need to be very clever to swim an event that is neither a sprint nor a distance event.

Alex - It looks like the peripheral blood responded pretty quickly - the samples were taken within about 30 seconds of the swim and definitely corresponded to the effort of the most recent swim. In one case that I got a peak at, a 'distance' swimmer's lactate went from 8 mmole after her last swim to 1 mmole, 5 minutes of rest later. I can't say mine cleared out so rapidly. gull80 - Well, maybe it is 1650 of pain, but if it is true that distance swimmers spend most of their time at threshold, then the swims are relatively pleasant. At least, that is my impression of my relatively little time spent swimming at *my* threshold. Peter - I don't know if you are a sprinter or a distance swimmer. Actually, I think you are a *swimmer.* (and an animal, be sure to let your wife know! ;) ) For those of you who are ignorant, Peter has a long list of amazing swimming accomplishments, from swimming every event, all courses, to 1650 flys, to remarkable February distances every year (and he is still married!). I have never seen anyone go through swim suits or hair faster than Peter. :p Splash - The testing was arranged by our team, and it cost $40. Looking through the paperwork that we got, the only blurb I can find is "The human peroformance team at SMI has recently been named the US Swimming High Performance Clinic for Northern California. These test are incorporated into Stanford and Berkeley Swim programs. Please feel free to call me with questions you may have." But there is no number! I will check with the coach. Also, it sounds like you might find some information at the US Swimming website. Cynthia - there has been some debate on which swimmers are 'smarter' - freestylers, breastrokers, etc. In *my* opinion swimmers of 200 events are the smartest. You need to be very clever to swim an event that is neither a sprint nor a distance event.