thanks for pulling the ion thread

Hey lefty, good to see you. Now swimmers like us talk, and the politically correct are mute. I think that yesterday in the deleted thread you were stating that with a 1:25 pace per 100 meters one achieves a sub 11:00 in 1,000 yards free. No, 1:25 pace per 100 meters is about 1:15 pace per 100 yards (actually 1:16). So a 1,000 yards in 12:30 which is a pace of 1:15 per 100 yards, corresponds to about a 11:20 in 800 meters which is a pace of 1:25 per 100 meters. In the 2001 Long Course Nationals I did a 11:20 in 800 meters, so I am familiar with the 1:25 pace per 100 meters. In a competition in April 2003 I did a 12:25 in 1,000 yards, which is 1:14.5 pace per 100 yards. December 2003 I was holding the 1:25 pace per 100 meters better than in 2001, so I am improving (that's where I stress the importance of being knowledgeable and truthful in what swimming information USMS and the Swim magazine are spreading out), but for me breaking 12:00 in the 1,000 yards free -a pace of 1:12 per 100 yards- that would be a personal achievement. Think that former age-group swimmers, now USMS swimmers in the men 40 to 44 age group, went in the 2003 Short Course Nationals 9:59, 10:04 and the likes. In the 1,650 yards free they break 20:00 by much and I don't have the speed and the overdistance to do under 20:00, maybe I can do 20:25. I try to get a higher gear, the 1:10 pace per 100 yards, but is not in me. Regarding the VO2Max workouts, they are like 1 to 4 swim to rest ratio. Last Tuesday night I was swimming all-out 300 yards under 3:30 then I was resting for minutes before the next swim. This: www.swimsmarter.com is the program that improved me since November 2002. The picture shown when you click on the link, has me second from the right just after a 2:31 in 200 meter free -which was just after a 800 meter free, so my 200 wasn't rested- in a meet in July 2003, between two coaches.

Hey lefty, good to see you. Now swimmers like us talk, and the politically correct are mute. I think that yesterday in the deleted thread you were stating that with a 1:25 pace per 100 meters one achieves a sub 11:00 in 1,000 yards free. No, 1:25 pace per 100 meters is about 1:15 pace per 100 yards (actually 1:16). So a 1,000 yards in 12:30 which is a pace of 1:15 per 100 yards, corresponds to about a 11:20 in 800 meters which is a pace of 1:25 per 100 meters. In the 2001 Long Course Nationals I did a 11:20 in 800 meters, so I am familiar with the 1:25 pace per 100 meters. In a competition in April 2003 I did a 12:25 in 1,000 yards, which is 1:14.5 pace per 100 yards. December 2003 I was holding the 1:25 pace per 100 meters better than in 2001, so I am improving (that's where I stress the importance of being knowledgeable and truthful in what swimming information USMS and the Swim magazine are spreading out), but for me breaking 12:00 in the 1,000 yards free -a pace of 1:12 per 100 yards- that would be a personal achievement. Think that former age-group swimmers, now USMS swimmers in the men 40 to 44 age group, went in the 2003 Short Course Nationals 9:59, 10:04 and the likes. In the 1,650 yards free they break 20:00 by much and I don't have the speed and the overdistance to do under 20:00, maybe I can do 20:25. I try to get a higher gear, the 1:10 pace per 100 yards, but is not in me. Regarding the VO2Max workouts, they are like 1 to 4 swim to rest ratio. Last Tuesday night I was swimming all-out 300 yards under 3:30 then I was resting for minutes before the next swim. This: www.swimsmarter.com is the program that improved me since November 2002. The picture shown when you click on the link, has me second from the right just after a 2:31 in 200 meter free -which was just after a 800 meter free, so my 200 wasn't rested- in a meet in July 2003, between two coaches.