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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And as a little thread-jack, how many people back in the day complained when track spikes were invented about how all the old records would be broken? I've been thinking about that while reading all the hullabaloo about the LZR.
Actually, the use of spikes goes back to the 1800's and I doubt there was much outcry. However, I do remember all the debate about synthetic tracks vs the old cinder tracks that occured from about 1964 (after the Tokyo Olympics, which was the first Olympics on a synthetic track) to the early 70's, when they became fairly common. Fast cinder tracks, like the one Rutgers University had, were known as "Gunpowder tracks."
-LBJ
And as a little thread-jack, how many people back in the day complained when track spikes were invented about how all the old records would be broken? I've been thinking about that while reading all the hullabaloo about the LZR.
Actually, the use of spikes goes back to the 1800's and I doubt there was much outcry. However, I do remember all the debate about synthetic tracks vs the old cinder tracks that occured from about 1964 (after the Tokyo Olympics, which was the first Olympics on a synthetic track) to the early 70's, when they became fairly common. Fast cinder tracks, like the one Rutgers University had, were known as "Gunpowder tracks."
-LBJ
