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).
Former Member
on most triathlons, where the swim is relatively short compared to the run, you probably easily catch people who beat you on the swim.
Male: 45
Competitive runner in to college.
PB at 20 years old 4:11
Began swimming October 2005
Record 1650 scy is right at 33 mins done 2007.
Probably data outside your parameters.
Former Member
That's probably the reason, it sounds completely plausible to me.
2) The current best theory is that it was chosen by continental European track federations as a way of maintaining the same skills as the mile, but not bowing to the English, which 1600 meters would have been perceived as doing. Politics in sport is not a new thing.
-LBJ
Former Member
on most triathlons, where the swim is relatively short compared to the run, you probably easily catch people who beat you on the swim.
True, but I'd rather not put that much pressure on my bike and run.
Besides, I enjoyed my first meet last December and I need to make improvements before I do another. They're coming, but very slowly.
:drown::help:
I ran two miles earlier this week, I came in somewhere north of ... 16 minutes. I would fail an Army PT test today. Oh well, at least I can actually run two miles without collapsing (which I would have no hope of doing a year ago). We'll see if adding some jogging to my routine helps those 1500/1650 times. Another one minute time drop would be great!
If that was 16 min for 2 miles, you'd be fine (depending on your age of course, this is for my age, 37 to 41):
usmilitary.about.com/.../blfitmal37to41.htm
An 8 min/mile pace is rather respectable.
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.
Former Member
I ran two miles earlier this week, I came in somewhere north of ... 16 minutes. I would fail an Army PT test today. Oh well, at least I can actually run two miles without collapsing (which I would have no hope of doing a year ago). We'll see if adding some jogging to my routine helps those 1500/1650 times. Another one minute time drop would be great!
