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
Hi Andre,
I got back into USMS swimming in 1999 after swimming for an NAIA school in the mid-70's. I'm swim the backstroke and IM; in the summer I race in local triathlons for fun and humility.
BTW, You swam really well at Long Beach. I really wanted to go, but got pretty sick in August. In 1975, I suffered in that pool under *** Jockums for a summer and swore I would never go back. Well, as an adult, one of my swimming buddies talked me into going and swimming in "Lucy's" meet in 1999 and I have been going ever since. It is really a wonderful meet and the LB Grunions do a great job (all my SCM times are from Belmont Plaza).
Are you planning to do some kind of statistical regression on the times you are collecting or are you just going to report ancedotes of swimmer's experiences for your article? Just giving the left ocular test to the data my fellow swimmers have submitted tells me that age related performance differs greatly between us. I would guess that other factors such as weight gain (loss), training, stress levels, etc would provide a better picture in terms of estimating how performance declines (or does not) with age.
Best wishes for the holidays to everyone!
Philipp
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50 Back SCM
1999 29.45
2000 29.50
2001 29.98
2002 30.35
2003 29.86
2004
2005 30.16
2006 30.64
100 Back SCM
1999 1:03.39
2000 1:02.63
2001 1:03.36
2002 1:03.70
2003 1:03.66
2004 1:06.31
2005 1:04.47
2006 1:03.77
200 Back SCM
1999 2:22.05
2000 2:19.52
2001 2:22.17
2002 2:24.16
2003 2:21.34
2004 2:21.69
2005 2:20.01
2006 2:22.41
200 IM SCM
1999 2:25.70
2000 2:20.96
2001 2:26.36
2002 2:28.46
2003 2:25.84
2004
2005 2:26.01
2006 2:26.73
50 Back LCM
2000 31.57
2002 32.04
2004 31.36
2005 31.81
100 Back LCM
2000 1:08.04
2002 1:09.62
2004 1:09.34
2005 1:08.19
200 Back LCM
2000 2:29.57
2002 2:37.05
2004 2:31.20
2005 2:29.57
50 Back SCY
2001 27.12
2002 26.03
2005 26.76
2006 27.29
2007 27.29
100 Back SCY
2001 58.35
2001 56.71
2003 57.53
2005 57.41
2006 58.24
2007 57.26
200 Back SCY
2001 2:06.10
2002 2:05.47
2003 2:09.14
2005 2:05.99
2006 2:06.74
2007 2:05.93
Hi Andre,
I got back into USMS swimming in 1999 after swimming for an NAIA school in the mid-70's. I'm swim the backstroke and IM; in the summer I race in local triathlons for fun and humility.
BTW, You swam really well at Long Beach. I really wanted to go, but got pretty sick in August. In 1975, I suffered in that pool under *** Jockums for a summer and swore I would never go back. Well, as an adult, one of my swimming buddies talked me into going and swimming in "Lucy's" meet in 1999 and I have been going ever since. It is really a wonderful meet and the LB Grunions do a great job (all my SCM times are from Belmont Plaza).
Are you planning to do some kind of statistical regression on the times you are collecting or are you just going to report ancedotes of swimmer's experiences for your article? Just giving the left ocular test to the data my fellow swimmers have submitted tells me that age related performance differs greatly between us. I would guess that other factors such as weight gain (loss), training, stress levels, etc would provide a better picture in terms of estimating how performance declines (or does not) with age.
Best wishes for the holidays to everyone!
Philipp
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50 Back SCM
1999 29.45
2000 29.50
2001 29.98
2002 30.35
2003 29.86
2004
2005 30.16
2006 30.64
100 Back SCM
1999 1:03.39
2000 1:02.63
2001 1:03.36
2002 1:03.70
2003 1:03.66
2004 1:06.31
2005 1:04.47
2006 1:03.77
200 Back SCM
1999 2:22.05
2000 2:19.52
2001 2:22.17
2002 2:24.16
2003 2:21.34
2004 2:21.69
2005 2:20.01
2006 2:22.41
200 IM SCM
1999 2:25.70
2000 2:20.96
2001 2:26.36
2002 2:28.46
2003 2:25.84
2004
2005 2:26.01
2006 2:26.73
50 Back LCM
2000 31.57
2002 32.04
2004 31.36
2005 31.81
100 Back LCM
2000 1:08.04
2002 1:09.62
2004 1:09.34
2005 1:08.19
200 Back LCM
2000 2:29.57
2002 2:37.05
2004 2:31.20
2005 2:29.57
50 Back SCY
2001 27.12
2002 26.03
2005 26.76
2006 27.29
2007 27.29
100 Back SCY
2001 58.35
2001 56.71
2003 57.53
2005 57.41
2006 58.24
2007 57.26
200 Back SCY
2001 2:06.10
2002 2:05.47
2003 2:09.14
2005 2:05.99
2006 2:06.74
2007 2:05.93
