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 know you were poking fun.
When I drive my car in Canada I have to drive it metrically. I buy my gas in litres. In the US I drive it in miles and gas up in mini US gallons that are one fifth smaller then an Imperial gallon, the gallon we used to fill our cars up before we went metric.
A mile no matter where you live is still a mile.
At the trotter pacer track here in Canada they still race the one mile.
Kids in Canada do not know how many feet or yards there are in a mile.
In the USA if a kid wrote a test and said a mile is 1650 yards he would surely fail the test.
You're right, of course, George, but many people know their time for 1650 yards, but don't know it for 1760 yards. I guess they could just extrapolate by multiplying their 1650 time by 1.067.
Why would any one call 1650 yards a mile? It is not a mile.
Yes, and people on horses is not an army but they call it that anyway. Each country does their own thing.
Yes, and people on horses is not an army but they call it that anyway.
I'd use an avatar of something going over my head, but I don't see one...
What's your reference here?
Mine's a bit complicated:
Age: 52
Gender:M
Mile run best: 4:23 (at age 17 - should have been faster since I was a 1:57.5 half-miler at age 16, but I was too into girls... ) Could probably do 5:45 or so now, but my back injury prevents it.
Mile walk best: 6:25 on the way to 5km (age 27). Could probably do 7:30 or so now if I didn't have the back injury.
Best 1650 swim: 21:45 (2 years ago, in practice with open turns)
-LBJ
Leonard, a 4:23 mile is pretty fast!
My times are 19:00 1650 at age 14, 20:31 today. About 13:15 2 mile run (never did just 1 mile for time) at age 21. I would probably do about 7:30 for 1 mile today if I tried. I plan to find out soon because I've been slowly adding jogging to my training.
Why would any one call 1650 yards a mile? It is not a mile. You just cheated by 110 yards. You 1650 guys better add at least another one minute and 30 seconds to your time.
I know for a fact that a mile is a mile, in the USA. In the USA it is 1760 yards not 1650 yards. When they compete in running the event a quarter mile is a 440. The mile run in the USA is 1760 yards not 1650 yards.
Is the Salvation Army an army??? I know they supplied tea and coffee to the troops in the Second World War.
Yes, and people on horses is not an army but they call it that anyway. Each country does their own thing.
Geek, in consideration of where you grew up (Alabama, right?) you really are quite clever.
Krik, I believe he was referring to the Canadian Army, which some might call a cavalry.
