I probably waited too long to post this inquiry, but if anyone has advice on how to swim the 1650 when slightly (as opposed to deathly) sick and microbially-exhausted, please let me know soon! My heat is scheduled to start at 8:52 tomorrow morning.
Notes:
1) I did the hour swim three weeks ago, nice and easy pace, for a total of a less than spectacular 4825 yards, but I felt good, relaxed, and that great sense of "breathing really well" that periodically characterizes my distancy swimming, for reasons I have never quite figured out.
2) in the interlude between then and now, I got some kind of cold/malaise-virus, that left me extremely tired, prone to head rushes upon climbing a short set of stairs, and in a mood to do little more than nap on the couch with professional golf on the tv in the background. in the pool, I have really struggled.
3) the above malaise seems to be slowly receding, and since I already paid for tomorrow's 1650, I am going to go for it, but--and this is the reason for my emergency request for strategic advice--I don't want to A) HUMILIATE myself, or B) delay by several hours the expected timeline of the meet.
So, in this spirit, please tell me how to swim the 1650 tomorrow (medical fuddy duddies out there need not advise skipping the attempt, since cheapness is trumping infirmity in my psyche, and I can't get the $15 entry fee back.)
Thanks in advance!
Excellent suggestion about the Finnish formula (for those of you who do not know what this is, it's a way of age-adjusting swimming times.)
The plug-in box only allows for 50, 100s, and 200s, so I plugged my 1650 time in for the 200--quite possibly the slowest 200 in history, but nonetheless...
It calculated that for a 19 year old (the youngest that the plug-in will caclulate) to do an equivalent swim to my 55-year-old effort, he would have to swim a:
17:20.04 (16:41.44) (The American formulation is the 17:20; the "Finnish formula is the 16:41). By either score, I trounced the 19 year old's time.
A 14 year old would have presumably had to swim even faster, given that he is just barely starting to deal with the burden of testosterone, which has afflicted and distracted me all my adult life!
BTW, this Finnish formula has proved to be a wonderful adjunct to nemesis nullification. If someone younger than you beats you, often the Finnish formula can be relied upon to rectify the situation. On the other hand, if someone older than you beats you, don't use the Finnish formula, but claim the elder's greater "experience under racing conditions" gave him an unfair advantage.
I am hoping to create a Finnish Formula With Sickness Factor Codicil added, too, and if I manage to design this correctly, I might never be beaten again in my life, at least not on paper!
PS who are you, phdude?
Excellent suggestion about the Finnish formula (for those of you who do not know what this is, it's a way of age-adjusting swimming times.)
The plug-in box only allows for 50, 100s, and 200s, so I plugged my 1650 time in for the 200--quite possibly the slowest 200 in history, but nonetheless...
It calculated that for a 19 year old (the youngest that the plug-in will caclulate) to do an equivalent swim to my 55-year-old effort, he would have to swim a:
17:20.04 (16:41.44) (The American formulation is the 17:20; the "Finnish formula is the 16:41). By either score, I trounced the 19 year old's time.
A 14 year old would have presumably had to swim even faster, given that he is just barely starting to deal with the burden of testosterone, which has afflicted and distracted me all my adult life!
BTW, this Finnish formula has proved to be a wonderful adjunct to nemesis nullification. If someone younger than you beats you, often the Finnish formula can be relied upon to rectify the situation. On the other hand, if someone older than you beats you, don't use the Finnish formula, but claim the elder's greater "experience under racing conditions" gave him an unfair advantage.
I am hoping to create a Finnish Formula With Sickness Factor Codicil added, too, and if I manage to design this correctly, I might never be beaten again in my life, at least not on paper!
PS who are you, phdude?
