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
Thanks, Jim
You've done some blisteringly fast times. I actually hoped my experience would show that it's possible to improve times even as we slouch towards dotage...
Here's what the calculator would predict for me for the 200
AGE... AMERICAN/FINNISH-------ACTUAL SWIMS
49 1:55.11 ( 1:55.11)---- 1:55.11 my time best
50 1:55.88 ( 1:55.91) ----- 1:55.48
51 1:56.71 ( 1:56.74)-------- 1:57.32
52 1:57.60 ( 1:57.61)-------- 1:55.42
53 1:58.56 ( 1:58.52)------- 1:57.07
54 1:59.58 ( 1:59.46) NOW 54 AND HAVEN'T SWUM YET
55 2:00.68 ( 2:00.45)
So, according to the math, I have one more year (54) where I should be able to break 2:00 in the 200, but then I will start moving over the 2 minute mark. So my goal is not necessarily to get my life time best again, but to beat my predicted times, and possibly get my life-time adjusted PR as I slouch ever more deeply into my dotage....
Thanks, Jim
You've done some blisteringly fast times. I actually hoped my experience would show that it's possible to improve times even as we slouch towards dotage...
Here's what the calculator would predict for me for the 200
AGE... AMERICAN/FINNISH-------ACTUAL SWIMS
49 1:55.11 ( 1:55.11)---- 1:55.11 my time best
50 1:55.88 ( 1:55.91) ----- 1:55.48
51 1:56.71 ( 1:56.74)-------- 1:57.32
52 1:57.60 ( 1:57.61)-------- 1:55.42
53 1:58.56 ( 1:58.52)------- 1:57.07
54 1:59.58 ( 1:59.46) NOW 54 AND HAVEN'T SWUM YET
55 2:00.68 ( 2:00.45)
So, according to the math, I have one more year (54) where I should be able to break 2:00 in the 200, but then I will start moving over the 2 minute mark. So my goal is not necessarily to get my life time best again, but to beat my predicted times, and possibly get my life-time adjusted PR as I slouch ever more deeply into my dotage....
