Ok, so I am still new to this. I swim in a pool that is 25 meters long (unless they have the pool shortened by some lifting deck mechanism, then it is 25 yards long - but I've never been there when it was the shorter length).
I tend to think of my swimming in miles (or, so far, in fractions of miles) because the only previous lap swimming I have done was at the YMCA where I kept track on their 100-mile club system.
So, I want to be more swim-savvy and think in yards or meters or whatever. At this point I am swimming for about 45 minutes 2x per week and I can cover 1200 meters in that time. Not fast, I know. I am not planning to swim competitively, but I am competitive with myself, so I always like to know how far, how fast, how did I feel.
The swim pace calculators I'm finding online are for triathletes and you have to put in your pace and distance to come up with projected finish times. I don't want that. I just want to be able to tell an online calculator that I did 1,400 meters (I will in a couple days) in 50 minutes and so what was my pace.
Now, I did find one calculator, but I have to put in my distance in miles and it tells me my pace time per 100 YARDS.
Am I just being too obsessive about getting my arithmetic right? I tend to be this way. Hate to go out for a 10 mile run and later find I only did 9.8. That irritates me. So, I'm ready for your sermons on letting go - but still - are there calculators out there I havent' found?? Thanks.
