When a new masters swimmer asked on a different thread for a meters to yard conversion utility, I referred her to the following site:
www.swiminfo.com/.../conversions.asp
Unfortunately, as another poster quickly pointed out, this site will soon be available only to those who pay for it.
I am wondering if someone with some computer savvy could recreate this very useful utility for us masters, then post it in an area of the USMS web site where we could access it for free.
This same area could also include some other useful tools for swimmers. There is, for example, a fun (though perhaps somewhat suspect) "future times predictor" for aging swimmers at:
http://n3times.com/swimtimes/
In addition, my friend and teammate Bill White wrote an Excel spreadsheet (so far not posted on the web) that allows you to easily calculate your 100 pace for distance swims. You can either input the total distance and total time and it will give you your average 100; or you can input the average 100 you hope to swim and the total distance, and it will crank out what your overall time will be if you can hold that pace.
Anyhow, I propose the USMS web site add a new section called something like "Swimmers Tool Box" that collects, in one place, all these useful and/or just fun-to-play-around-with utilities we can come up with. I know many of the posters here are brilliant amateur mathematicians, who enjoy inventing these things; maybe we could even have an annual award for whatever new calculator we users vote as the most interesting! Kind of like a Touring Prize (is that the right name) for swimming math esoterica!
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That's too bad. Bill is a friend and I've never seen him behave like that even when he's had some bad swims. Everyone has bad moments. Hopefully everyone will forgive, move on and we can enjoy the competition.
That 200 back was healthy for all of us I think. I was/am thrilled to have been part of it.
Originally posted by jim thornton
Actually, the story I heard was that Wieslaw Musial tried to cordially shake the hands of all the top competitors in this 200 back before the swim. Most did so, but Bill Specht declined to. After Wieslaw won the race, he turned and again shook the hands of you and Scott, and again tried to shake hands with Bill Specht, who turned away, climbed out of the pool, and walked off. So Wieslaw, a little peeved at this point, chased him down on deck and was reported to utter, "What took you so long?" I heard this anecdote from a Canadian teammate of Wieslaw's. I'm pretty sure it's true. I gotta say I admire great swimmers, and I can understand disappointment when you don't perform as well as you hope. But I don't get this kind of thing.
That's too bad. Bill is a friend and I've never seen him behave like that even when he's had some bad swims. Everyone has bad moments. Hopefully everyone will forgive, move on and we can enjoy the competition.
That 200 back was healthy for all of us I think. I was/am thrilled to have been part of it.
Originally posted by jim thornton
Actually, the story I heard was that Wieslaw Musial tried to cordially shake the hands of all the top competitors in this 200 back before the swim. Most did so, but Bill Specht declined to. After Wieslaw won the race, he turned and again shook the hands of you and Scott, and again tried to shake hands with Bill Specht, who turned away, climbed out of the pool, and walked off. So Wieslaw, a little peeved at this point, chased him down on deck and was reported to utter, "What took you so long?" I heard this anecdote from a Canadian teammate of Wieslaw's. I'm pretty sure it's true. I gotta say I admire great swimmers, and I can understand disappointment when you don't perform as well as you hope. But I don't get this kind of thing.
