Greetings
I am reading a book by Jan Olbrecht, the Dutch physiologist. In the last chapter he talks about using a T-30 test in the abscence of blood lactate testing to determine a swimmers aerobic capacity. He then gives a table to assign a range of 100m workout paces based on the results of the T-30. The whole chart has times for meters not yards. Is there a way to convert the times I am interested in into 100 yard times?
Thanks
Spudfin
it is just math
but other factors come into play like
TURNS and SDKs
as an example here's Neil Walker's
lifetime best times
100 free's
scy 42.35
scm 46.88
LCM 48.55
100 back's
scy 44.92
scm 50.75
LCM 54.58
Now Compare the differences of the differences
100 fr times vs his 100 bk times
100 fr LCM vs SCY
48.55 - 42.35 = 6.20
100 bk LCM vs SCY
54.58 - 44.92 = 9.66
100 fr LCM vs SCM
48.55 - 46.88 = 1.67
100 bk LCM vs SCM
54.58 - 50.75 = 3.83
the difference is because of turns and SDK's
Swimmers can SDK twice as far on
SCY & SCM 100's vs LCM
Turns and SDK make a big difference.
All you really need to know is 1 yard = 0.9144 meters. Just multiply the meters time by .9144 and you'll be close. The only other factor is the number of turns. Since you'll do more turns in a T-30 swum in a 25 yard pool versus a 25 meter pool you should be slightly faster in the yards pool, assuming you have good turns. Multiplying by 0.9 will get you pretty close I would guess.
it is just math
but other factors come into play like
TURNS and SDKs
as an example here's Neil Walker's
lifetime best times
100 free's
scy 42.35
scm 46.88
LCM 48.55
100 back's
scy 44.92
scm 50.75
LCM 54.58
Now Compare the differences of the differences
100 fr times vs his 100 bk times
100 fr LCM vs SCY
48.55 - 42.35 = 6.20
100 bk LCM vs SCY
54.58 - 44.92 = 9.66
100 fr LCM vs SCM
48.55 - 46.88 = 1.67
100 bk LCM vs SCM
54.58 - 50.75 = 3.83
the difference is because of turns and SDK's
Swimmers can SDK twice as far on
SCY & SCM 100's vs LCM
Turns and SDK make a big difference.
All you really need to know is 1 yard = 0.9144 meters. Just multiply the meters time by .9144 and you'll be close. The only other factor is the number of turns. Since you'll do more turns in a T-30 swum in a 25 yard pool versus a 25 meter pool you should be slightly faster in the yards pool, assuming you have good turns. Multiplying by 0.9 will get you pretty close I would guess.
