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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I went and ran two miles at the nearby high school track this AM, and let's just say my earlier 2-mile measurements (on neighborhood streets) were incorrect and I'm quite a ways north of 16 minutes, I'm kind of embarrassed to say how far north. But I did finish and was not gasping for air at the end. I don't know how much of it is general aerobic conditioning versus my legs not being in shape for it.
Anyway I will be the guinea pig for this experiment. My run and swim times from earlier ages are known, and we'll see what my 2 mile run time is in August as well as my 1500m free time, using both running and swimming for training this summer.
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Former Member
I went and ran two miles at the nearby high school track this AM, and let's just say my earlier 2-mile measurements (on neighborhood streets) were incorrect and I'm quite a ways north of 16 minutes, I'm kind of embarrassed to say how far north. But I did finish and was not gasping for air at the end. I don't know how much of it is general aerobic conditioning versus my legs not being in shape for it.
Anyway I will be the guinea pig for this experiment. My run and swim times from earlier ages are known, and we'll see what my 2 mile run time is in August as well as my 1500m free time, using both running and swimming for training this summer.
