Hi usms swim friends,
I'm working on a new swim faster faster article and I wanted to gather a little data first
here's my questions:
In your 2 or 3 best events
what are your lifetime best times?
how old were you when you swam them?
what year was that?
what are your best times in those events for each masters age group you've been in?
here's an example of what I'm looking for
Ande Rasmussen
50 scy free
1985 22 20.4
(25 - 29) 1991 28 20.5
(30 - 34) 1995 33 20.9
(35 - 39) can't find a time
(40 - 44) 2004 40 22.44
thanks in advance to for participating in this
I look forward to reading your replies
Ande
PS feel free to email them to me if you don't want to post them here
AndeRasmussen@aol.com
Some of you might not have been around when we discussed age-related swimming declines. One of the guys back then designed a neat program to compare a time at, say, age 51, with a comparable performance at any earlier (when you were presumably stronger) or older (presumably weaker, fatter) age.
New suit technology, better understanding of head position and other stroke mechanics, etc. all throw some wrinkles in here. Anyhow, I had some of my lifetime best swims when I was 49-51, beating my mediocre youngster performances.
It's kind of fun--check it out. http://n3times.com/swimtimes/
In high school,
23.3 in 50 free
52.8 om 100 free
1:56.00 in the 200 free
swam masters after college, but didn't start competing much till 40:
age 40-44
25.32 50
55.6 100
2.05.93 200
age 45-49
23:88 50
52.46 100
1:55.11 200
5:18.96 500
11:18.86 1000
age 50-54
24.05 50
52.83 100
1:55.42 200
5:15.49 500
11:09.24 1000
18:53.69 1650
Some of you might not have been around when we discussed age-related swimming declines. One of the guys back then designed a neat program to compare a time at, say, age 51, with a comparable performance at any earlier (when you were presumably stronger) or older (presumably weaker, fatter) age.
New suit technology, better understanding of head position and other stroke mechanics, etc. all throw some wrinkles in here. Anyhow, I had some of my lifetime best swims when I was 49-51, beating my mediocre youngster performances.
It's kind of fun--check it out. http://n3times.com/swimtimes/
In high school,
23.3 in 50 free
52.8 om 100 free
1:56.00 in the 200 free
swam masters after college, but didn't start competing much till 40:
age 40-44
25.32 50
55.6 100
2.05.93 200
age 45-49
23:88 50
52.46 100
1:55.11 200
5:18.96 500
11:18.86 1000
age 50-54
24.05 50
52.83 100
1:55.42 200
5:15.49 500
11:09.24 1000
18:53.69 1650
