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The Middle Distance Lane

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You're not a sprinter and you're not a pure distance swimmer. Your 50's & 1500's aren't as great as your 200's, 400's, & 500's. Your 100's aren't shabby. Let the D Divas take those 800's, 1000's, 1500's & 1650's. You're caught in the middle. You've got OK speed, but you can do those longer sets that make pure sprinters ill. You're well conditioned and tend to do well with back to back events. You're in great company, Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte are middle distance swimmers who have excellent 100's but not so great 50's. Man you can train. This is the middle distance lane. Don't get lapped. the breastroke lane The Middle Distance Lane The Backstroke Lane The Butterfly Lane The SDK Lane The Taper Lane The Distance Lane The IM Lane The Sprint Free Lane The Pool Deck
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  • 800 IM record. I could totally do the 30-34 record in AUS. We need those records in this country so I can finally get a National Record. Australian Rules Swimming Want an unofficial national record? Pick an Aussie event, swim it, and post the time. SCM & LCM: 400-800-1500 back & ***; 400-800 fly; 800 IM And I suppose us yanks should add, SCY: 500-1000-1650 back & ***; 500-1000 fly; 800 IM I don't think I'll join you in an 800 IM but I could totally see dedicating a workout this summer to a 1500 LCM backstroke. I'm not quick enough to challenge their record, but it would still be a fun swim. 1500 M breaststroke!? I'm starting to question the sanity of these Aussies! The 400 back might be a worthy challenge. More Aussie Madness I was curious to see if they have a rankings page, and indeed they do, here. Although apparently they don't keep national records in these events, in addition to the FINA events and the Aussie events above, I found times in the rankings for, free: 3000m - 5000m - 30min - 45min - 60min back: 3000m - 5000m - 30min - 45min - 60min ***: 3000m - 5000m - 30min - 45min - 60min Needless to say, the 5000 LCM backstroke is not a popular event. As far as I can tell, only one person swam it in 2009. More Aussie Awesomeness Ok, I had to look. How old is the oldest Aussie national record holder in the 800 fly? Take a guess, then behold this bit of Aussie Awesomeness: Current National Records: Female - 80-84 - LC 400m Backstroke MYRTLE WRIGHT WOP 17.09.1989 9:18.92 PERTH 800m Backstroke ANN TODD QTW 29.07.2006 23:36.76 BANORA POINT, NSW 1500m Backstroke OPAL EDDY NET 18.02.2006 48:00.58 CESSNOCK 400m Breaststroke BARBARA VICKERS NML 10.11.2006 10:20.95 GOLD COAST 800m Breaststroke JUSTINE BAMFORD THB 24.11.2007 22:39.65 HOBART 1500m Breaststroke JUSTINE BAMFORD THB 24.11.2007 42:44.06 HOBART 400m Butterfly THELMA BRYAN QCN 30.01.2010 12:01.39 MAREEBA MEMORIAL 800m Butterfly NORMA RUDOLPH QSC 02.08.2003 27:44.98 BANORA POINT 800m IM MARJORIE CHIPPERFIELD QTW 19.10.2003 23:27.66 IPSWICH Awesome!
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  • 800 IM record. I could totally do the 30-34 record in AUS. We need those records in this country so I can finally get a National Record. Australian Rules Swimming Want an unofficial national record? Pick an Aussie event, swim it, and post the time. SCM & LCM: 400-800-1500 back & ***; 400-800 fly; 800 IM And I suppose us yanks should add, SCY: 500-1000-1650 back & ***; 500-1000 fly; 800 IM I don't think I'll join you in an 800 IM but I could totally see dedicating a workout this summer to a 1500 LCM backstroke. I'm not quick enough to challenge their record, but it would still be a fun swim. 1500 M breaststroke!? I'm starting to question the sanity of these Aussies! The 400 back might be a worthy challenge. More Aussie Madness I was curious to see if they have a rankings page, and indeed they do, here. Although apparently they don't keep national records in these events, in addition to the FINA events and the Aussie events above, I found times in the rankings for, free: 3000m - 5000m - 30min - 45min - 60min back: 3000m - 5000m - 30min - 45min - 60min ***: 3000m - 5000m - 30min - 45min - 60min Needless to say, the 5000 LCM backstroke is not a popular event. As far as I can tell, only one person swam it in 2009. More Aussie Awesomeness Ok, I had to look. How old is the oldest Aussie national record holder in the 800 fly? Take a guess, then behold this bit of Aussie Awesomeness: Current National Records: Female - 80-84 - LC 400m Backstroke MYRTLE WRIGHT WOP 17.09.1989 9:18.92 PERTH 800m Backstroke ANN TODD QTW 29.07.2006 23:36.76 BANORA POINT, NSW 1500m Backstroke OPAL EDDY NET 18.02.2006 48:00.58 CESSNOCK 400m Breaststroke BARBARA VICKERS NML 10.11.2006 10:20.95 GOLD COAST 800m Breaststroke JUSTINE BAMFORD THB 24.11.2007 22:39.65 HOBART 1500m Breaststroke JUSTINE BAMFORD THB 24.11.2007 42:44.06 HOBART 400m Butterfly THELMA BRYAN QCN 30.01.2010 12:01.39 MAREEBA MEMORIAL 800m Butterfly NORMA RUDOLPH QSC 02.08.2003 27:44.98 BANORA POINT 800m IM MARJORIE CHIPPERFIELD QTW 19.10.2003 23:27.66 IPSWICH Awesome!
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