I'm still just a newbie to competitive swimming and wondered if other swimmers have experienced one training pool MUCH faster than another. And I mean SCY/SCM pools, not difference between SC and LC pools. There is one pool where I train, SCY, and I am uniformly 8-10% slower than in the pool where our team trains (also SCY). It's almost as though it is a SCM pool.
Nearby SCM pool, I have the expected times converting SCM to SCY. Now I've been a runner for over 35yrs. Never had one track SO much slower than another and consistently so. Temp in the "slow" SCY pool is consistenty lower (75-76degF) than the other two (79-81degF).
And yes, I have thought of actually measuring the slow SCY pool, community pool folks insist it is 25y!
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In addition to water temperature, there are other factors that will affect the quality of the pool such as: The Depth and width of the pool, the efficiency of the gutters, the lane markers, the number of people swimming in the pool, the width of your lane, etc.
However, the consistency of being 8-10% slow in one pool over the other is curious. One way to tell is by stroke count (no one knows you are measuring). :)
Of course if you are the type that does not care what others think, perhaps an official measurement will solve this Scooby Doo mystery.
Keep us updated.
In addition to water temperature, there are other factors that will affect the quality of the pool such as: The Depth and width of the pool, the efficiency of the gutters, the lane markers, the number of people swimming in the pool, the width of your lane, etc.
However, the consistency of being 8-10% slow in one pool over the other is curious. One way to tell is by stroke count (no one knows you are measuring). :)
Of course if you are the type that does not care what others think, perhaps an official measurement will solve this Scooby Doo mystery.
Keep us updated.
