difference between aerobic threshold and all-out 100 times
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In my case it looks like about 23-24 seconds (my aerobic threshold measured in practice is around 1:19-1:20, and my 100 yard free time is somewhere around :56). I'm trying to set up a poll to gather some information.
I am right around a minute for the 100 free and about a 1:22-1:23 anearobic pace (2175 for T30, does that sound right?)
Yeah, that's right. 30/21.75 = 1.38 = 1:22.8
I was just thinking about what the differences would be for the best distance swimmers, for example someone like Grant Hackett. I remember reading a couple months ago he was hoping to break 50 seconds in a 100 m LC free, but 'only' went a 51. Since he can swim a 1500 in about 14:40 (his WR is a 14:34, but that was back in 2001) that a 58.7 pace per hundred. I'm guessing he could hold maybe three seconds over that per hundred for his anaerobic threshhold, so let's say 1:02. That gives him a differential of 11 seconds. Based on this, I'd say anyone under 10 seconds is a pretty severe distance oreinted swimmer.
I am right around a minute for the 100 free and about a 1:22-1:23 anearobic pace (2175 for T30, does that sound right?)
Yeah, that's right. 30/21.75 = 1.38 = 1:22.8
I was just thinking about what the differences would be for the best distance swimmers, for example someone like Grant Hackett. I remember reading a couple months ago he was hoping to break 50 seconds in a 100 m LC free, but 'only' went a 51. Since he can swim a 1500 in about 14:40 (his WR is a 14:34, but that was back in 2001) that a 58.7 pace per hundred. I'm guessing he could hold maybe three seconds over that per hundred for his anaerobic threshhold, so let's say 1:02. That gives him a differential of 11 seconds. Based on this, I'd say anyone under 10 seconds is a pretty severe distance oreinted swimmer.
