Fastest interval for 5x100s (scy)

In order to go 5 x 100's on 1:00 you would need to be able to go under 4:45 (atleast) in the 500 at the end of the season. I don't think that there are 5 people on the forum that fast in the 500! For discussion sake, suppose one can make the set on 1:00, am I over or undershooting the end of season time (4:45)?

Speaking of distance swimming, a meet I am thinking of attending in March has a special event for distance lovers. The 1650 Fly. No entry fee to compete and it must be done is 45 minutes or less. Records are kept. It's hard to believe that somebody would actually subject themselves to such a thing. It seems like something that an orthopedist must have dreamed up. Or maybe the local physical therapist, who knows.

Originally posted by A.K. Re: no entry fee to compete I think you would have to pay me to do it instead of me having to pay an entry fee. I think the spectators should be charged to : 1) Have the pleasure of seeing alot of pain without having to feel it. 2) Covering the cost of Paramedics that would be needed. Well if I wind up going to that meet, I will take some footage of the race to share with the USMS forum. Maybe 20-30 seconds of footage at the 100 mark, 500, 1000, and 1600. I am not a flyer but my shoulders feel strained just thinking about such a feat.

Well, I swim with Kirk Anderson. He and I weren't able to go 1:00 pace send offs any time prior to the meet. I'm not saying Kirk couldn't make a minute send off, but it would be pretty different in a workout situation than at a meet, shaved, tapered wearing a space suit. We did some repeat hundreds in February on the 1:20 SCM holding 1:08s and a little faster. We never went a set on a 1:10 send off or better SCM which would be comparable to 1:00 yards at sea level. Dennis Bakers' swims are certainly impressive for an old man. Now he needs to do them the way the rest of us do them..... i.e. train less than 10,000 a week..... :-) i.e. in severe pain. John Smith

I have swum the 1650 fly now three times and it is a lot of fun. It is a lot easier than the 200 fly, probably because all you have to do is finish. I always came in second -- I was not competitive with the woman who beat me.

Originally posted by kristilynn I think that a swimmer who can do a 500 in 4:50 would be able to do 5 x 100 on 1:00. That would assume that he/she would hold 58's and basically turn and go. I doubt it. IF you go a 4:50 you are going to have a few 59s in there. With an open turn you would not be able to make the interval. If your slowest 100 is 58.0 then you are going 4:45 (atleast). And of course who is swimming practice in a fast skin?

Well, I guess that the real question is, "Who are you people who said that you could do 5 x 100 on 1:00?" According to the poll results, there are 6 of you. Speak up and defend your swimming superiority! I was most certainly not one of them. In the poll, I voted for 1:10.

Did it 18 months ago while training in AZ.....went 4:48 that year at nationals and 4:46 the year (or 2?) before. Also had us go 10 x 50s on :30.......Simons (coach) a real sadist! Actually the harder set was 10 x 100s on 3:00 descend 1-5/6-10! JS.....there is a major difference in this set vs. what you and Kirk do which is typically a 10-20 x 100 set. 5 x 100s (at sea level) is far more of a "quality" set, minimal warm up and everything focused on the interval. By the way......there are FAR more people in USMS capable of (and) doing this type of training; Mike Shaffer, Jim McConica, etc. etc.

That Jim is amazing and is in his 50's. Even in your late 40's the body just can't stand a lot of 5 second rest at almost full speed or full speed.

Thank you for responding Paul. Now we know that there really are amazing masters swimmers out there completing 5 x 100 on 1:00. That's great! What do you hold on a set like that? Do you get real rest, or do you just turn and go? So what's your theory on who can make that send off? I came up with someone who can do a 4:50 500. Do you think that's reasonable?