Hey everyone!
I'm doing a little statistical poll that compares one's average running mile time to their average swimming mile time. (I realize that is harder...because when we swim a mile straight--generally for us as competitive swimmers we are swimming it in a race and going for pbs...but what I am looking for is more like if you were to swim consecutively for an hour...how many miles would you get in swimming at a nice constant pace that you could withhold for a longer period of time.)
And then I would like to compare the level of fitness for your age that those respective would put you at...mostly I am interested in simply seeing the correlation between the two sports, because almost anyone would agree that cross-training is a positive aspect of your swimming regime.
My Data:
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Background: Swimming: competitive swimmer since 4th grade (swam in college all 4 years) Running: no competitive history really (just a few seasons of high school track) like to run...as a 7th grader ran a 6:23.04 mile in the presidential fitness challenge...haven't hit that mark again haha.
Swimming: 19:30minutes at a leisurely pace...I've never swam the mile in a meet.
Running: 7:40ish at the moment (hoping to bring that down to at least 6:50 over the summer)
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When we did the 440 or the mile in a 25 or 50 or 55 yard pool, they were finished at a flag rope stretched accross the pool. Except the 440 in a 55 yard pool was finished at the wall after 8 lengths. The BE&C Games pools were 55 yards long.
Canada now builds their new pools metric.
A mile is 1609 meters, or 1759.62 yards. Since no-one is going to come to a screeching halt halfway up the lane, the metric equivalent is either going to be 1600 even, 1625 (25m pool) or 1650 (50m pool).
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Former Member
When we did the 440 or the mile in a 25 or 50 or 55 yard pool, they were finished at a flag rope stretched accross the pool. Except the 440 in a 55 yard pool was finished at the wall after 8 lengths. The BE&C Games pools were 55 yards long.
Canada now builds their new pools metric.
A mile is 1609 meters, or 1759.62 yards. Since no-one is going to come to a screeching halt halfway up the lane, the metric equivalent is either going to be 1600 even, 1625 (25m pool) or 1650 (50m pool).
