While my main pool is closed for 3 weeks of maintenance I am swimming at the local health club pool. My main pool is 25 meters, and the replacement is 25 yards. I hadn't swum yards in years, and I was surprised to find that yards feel substantially shorter (at least until I hit the reverse order IM sets yesterday -- those last fly legs were brutal, even though I dogged the other 3 strokes knowing it was coming. :) But I digress)
I haven't been too worried about holding intervals up to this point, which is about 8 months back into the pool and swimming. I swim alone, and I had the handy excuse that the intervals were written for yards, so I blew them off. But I think it is time to start thinking about hitting some.
Whis is a long winded way of getting to my question, which is what is the adjustment factor for intervals from yards to meters? I seem to recall seeing 10% somewhere. Is it really that much? 7 seconds on a 1:10, for example?
And the replacement pool, with short lengths, one lap lane, warm, cloudy water and warmer air dense with chlorine, no gutters, and shallow ends really makes me appreciate my other pool. Can't wait for it to re-open.
Originally posted by BillS
Whis is a long winded way of getting to my question, which is what is the adjustment factor for intervals from yards to meters? I seem to recall seeing 10% somewhere. Is it really that much? 7 seconds on a 1:10, for example?
Actually closer to 9%, but 10% is close enough.
BTW, you can use Google for unit conversions. For example, enter "yard to meter" and it will tell you 1 yard = .9144 m.
I usually use 10, for that very reason. It is amazing how much difference that 10% is. Yesterday I swam meters instead of yards, but in a much better pool than I normally swim. While the distance was definately longer, the pool was so much faster, it negated it!
besides the time difference in distances from yards to meters
which is simple math
there's a time difference when you go from
short course to long course because of turns, streamlines, splitting and conditioning
If someone has fast turns they are likely to be a better short course swimmer
if someone has lousy turns
they'll be a better long course swimmer.
Ande
We all need to visit "backup" pools from time to time so that we can appreciate our own. (Or, as sometines happens, so that we can find something better!)
Originally posted by Guvnah
We all need to visit "backup" pools from time to time so that we can appreciate our own. (Or, as sometines happens, so that we can find something better!)
And sometimes there are unexpected highlights in visiting our backups. I have been struggling with learning fly since May. Today, a lady told me she "really enjoyed watching me swim the butterfly." I waited patiently for the punchline, something like she also really enjoys watching small defenseless insects get washed down the drain to a watery demise a la the old Tidy Bowl Man (or was it Scrubbing Bubbles?) commercial. But no, she was sincere.
Kept me smiling and working my IM's hard for the remainder of the workout. :D
Hey! Same situation. Pool closed so I'm at a club again.
I've always found club pools to be underheated and overused. The water is always filthy and if water gets in my eyes at all it leads to an infection. I miss my dark and smelly regular pool. :(
Clubs can be very inviting and nice though with free shampoo and soap and spas. Enjoy it! Everyone should have a nice place to swim.
