Thanks Poolraat. Why does it ask gender when converting times? Doesn't seem relevant to me.
I'm not sure about the gender thing either.
And the conversions using this converter don't always seem to agree with my actual swim times (scyscm).
I usually just use the yards to meters factor (in my calculator).
(1m = 1.0936y) To convert short course to long course there is also a turn factor for the difference in the number of turns (approx 1 sec per turn).
I need some professional help there. My coaching is now via e-mail since I just relocated to Atlanta and there are no swimming coaches near me.:frustrated:
Bill,
There are a number of Masters programs near you, have you checked with Lisa Watson GA LMSC chair or the places to swim directory?
It is going to be different with less turns, but you're going to find you can get your swim groove and then keep it going for another 35 meters, rather than have to prepare for another turn right away.
THis is the reason I just "love" LCM :bow: (apart from the fact that before coming to Canada, from Egypt, in 1989 I had never even seen a 25m pool. Our club, apart from the regulation 50m Olympic-sized pool, had a recreational one (by the restaurant and beer patio :drink: that was 33.333 yards. Built by the British in 1935).
Back to that "groove" thing. I find that in my 50m Free sprint I do better when I accelerate....... from stroke one to the last one, rather than trying to "sprint" the moment I emerge from the start dive and glide/kick. I try to get the feeling that I am falling forward and that only by swimming faster will I not "fall flat on my face". It's a bit difficult to explain the feeling, but those swimmers who do accelerate will understand what I'm saying.
Pity I don't have the endurance to also do it in longer races (at age 64) but back in 1962, I was able to do it (the acceleration thing) in a 200m Free (LCM). The time was not anything great. I did a 2:25 (1:12 and 1:13 splits) but that was as close to a negative split as I was able to achieve, at a time when my 100m Fr LCM was about 1:10. (The following year it went to 1:04.2 and then "life" happened.)
Unfortunately Ottawa, Ontario has only one 50m pool (Nepean Sportsplex for those who know Ottawa) but it's split in smaller pools by bulkheads throughout the year's public swims (25m, the rest being also divided between a diving deep-end and a width-wise swimming pool). The only LCM meet of the year is the February Winterlude meet and that's my once-per-year 50m timed-sprint.
Oh. When is my ship coming in? (Winning a Lottery Jackpot so that I can buy/build my own 50m pool). But then, with my luck, when my ship comes in, I'll be at the airport, waiting.
Meanwhile I'll just keep hitting those walls just as I feel that I could be going faster if only I had more free water in front.
I just changed pools from a LCM to what I thought was a SCM pool. Watching my times (they were too fast) prompted me to ask again. Its SCY!:frustrated:
How do I just my times and workouts so I can tell if I am improving? Does it really make a whole lot of difference.
Actually my USMS coach timed me and it takes me almost 3 secs to make a turn. I don't flip turn because I run out of breathe trying.
I need some professional help there. My coaching is now via e-mail since I just relocated to Atlanta and there are no swimming coaches near me.:frustrated:
I went to USMS.org to find a group. Around Atlanta they are downtown or on the east side. I am out west near Six Flags. The traffic becomes the issues. I ending up joining LA Fitness.
I think I posted in an earlier thread that the LCM pool was so harsh it faded my suit in two swims and I lost basically all my hair. I am getting stubble on my legs and eye brows back after three week in my new pool.
I will give her a try.
I showed up to UMD yesterday looking to do a low-yardage workout scy, and had a surprise waiting - they set it up LCM while the kiddos are on spring break! So we did a recovery workout. Probably only ~3k. My legs weren't this sore after last week's kickapalooza. OUCH! However, I did get some good snorkelage in - its much easier w/o all those turns! And I loved getting in that groove!
