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)
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)
Age: 38
Background: swimming--no formal swimming other than lessons as a kid. Joined a USMS team in 1998, been at it since.
Running--only formal experience was 4 years while in the US Army. Did some sprint triathlons in 1997, got back into running about 2 yrs ago.
Swimming a 1650 SCY: about a 21:30, sometime since Jan 1,2008 (don't remember exact date).
Running a mile:
* Best 2 mile Army PT run: 10:15 in 1993 (if we scored 90%+ on each event we were exempted from most formal organized PT)
* My stint with triathlons: a 5k at a 7 min/mile pace (summer 1997)
* Most recent best 1 mile: 7:55 (pretty accurate, according to nikeplus.com, last Wed Apr 9, 2008). Hoping to get this back around 7 min/mile or better (I'm afraid my days sub-6:00 are gone).
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)
Age: 38
Background: swimming--no formal swimming other than lessons as a kid. Joined a USMS team in 1998, been at it since.
Running--only formal experience was 4 years while in the US Army. Did some sprint triathlons in 1997, got back into running about 2 yrs ago.
Swimming a 1650 SCY: about a 21:30, sometime since Jan 1,2008 (don't remember exact date).
Running a mile:
* Best 2 mile Army PT run: 10:15 in 1993 (if we scored 90%+ on each event we were exempted from most formal organized PT)
* My stint with triathlons: a 5k at a 7 min/mile pace (summer 1997)
* Most recent best 1 mile: 7:55 (pretty accurate, according to nikeplus.com, last Wed Apr 9, 2008). Hoping to get this back around 7 min/mile or better (I'm afraid my days sub-6:00 are gone).
