Hi all,
I'm wondering if anyone is aware of any online calculators you can use to predict your time in an event. For example, "I swam 100m free in 1:28, what would I be able to swim the 800m free in?"
I know this wouldn't be an absolute predictor, just something to give myself an idea of where I would be in the various events, without having to go out and swim them all in competition. :-)
Many thanks,
Canuck
I don't know how helpful this will be for you, but here are my times from two years ago when I swam all the freestyle distances except the 1500 m. This was at Colony Zones LCM championships:
50-- 27.9
100-- 1:01.63
200-- 2:19.39
400-- 5:03.27
800-- 10:41.99
double 50 and add 3 sec = 100
double 100 and add 16 sec = 200
double 200 and add 21 sec = 400
double 400 and add 34 sec = 800
so...my prediction for you....
double 1:28 and add 20 seconds = 3:14 for your 200 (adding more time because your base is slower than mine)
double 3:14 and add 30 seconds = 6:58 for your 400
double 6:58 and add 40 seconds = 14:36.
This is just ball parking it. If you are a distance swimmer by nature, and the difference between an all out sprint 100 and a moderate 100 is not that big a time increase, you will probably do better than a 14:36.
If, however, you aren't in pretty good shape, you may find that a 14:36 is hard to achieve.
Let us know how you do!
I am willing to bet, however, that my 14:36 prediction is going to be a lot closer to you race time than Sr. Stillwater's 12 minutes.
By the way, Stillwater: did you chose your name because of the chestnut about waters running deep, or because there is a prison outside the Twin Cities known as Stillwater?
I don't know how helpful this will be for you, but here are my times from two years ago when I swam all the freestyle distances except the 1500 m. This was at Colony Zones LCM championships:
50-- 27.9
100-- 1:01.63
200-- 2:19.39
400-- 5:03.27
800-- 10:41.99
double 50 and add 3 sec = 100
double 100 and add 16 sec = 200
double 200 and add 21 sec = 400
double 400 and add 34 sec = 800
so...my prediction for you....
double 1:28 and add 20 seconds = 3:14 for your 200 (adding more time because your base is slower than mine)
double 3:14 and add 30 seconds = 6:58 for your 400
double 6:58 and add 40 seconds = 14:36.
This is just ball parking it. If you are a distance swimmer by nature, and the difference between an all out sprint 100 and a moderate 100 is not that big a time increase, you will probably do better than a 14:36.
If, however, you aren't in pretty good shape, you may find that a 14:36 is hard to achieve.
Let us know how you do!
I am willing to bet, however, that my 14:36 prediction is going to be a lot closer to you race time than Sr. Stillwater's 12 minutes.
By the way, Stillwater: did you chose your name because of the chestnut about waters running deep, or because there is a prison outside the Twin Cities known as Stillwater?
