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
There's mention of an 800m IM, and for the sprinters, there's 25m stroke events and 4x25m relays. I wonder if there were 400m stroke events as well.
It's even better ...
Australian Masters Swimming -- Records
You can search for Mens's & Women's records, any age group, SCM or LCM. Records are kept in the following events. (Obviously, 25 events and 100 IM are SCM only). No 1500 fly, alas.
25m Freestyle
50m Freestyle
100m Freestyle
200m Freestyle
400m Freestyle
800m Freestyle
1500m Freestyle
25m Backstroke
50m Backstroke
100m Backstroke
200m Backstroke
400m Backstroke
800m Backstroke
1500m Backstroke
25m Breaststroke
50m Breaststroke
100m Breaststroke
200m Breaststroke
400m Breaststroke
800m Breaststroke
1500m Breaststroke
25m Butterfly
50m Butterfly
100m Butterfly
200m Butterfly
400m Butterfly
800m Butterfly
100m Individual Medley
200m Individual Medley
400m Individual Medley
800m Individual Medley
I had heard of these non-standard records being kept by the Australian Masters, but I didn't know whether those events were regularly contested. For instance, in USMS we keep records for the 800 free relay, but in my experience it is rarely contested outside Oregon.
I had heard of these non-standard records being kept by the Australian Masters, but I didn't know whether those events were regularly contested ...
Hard to say. On the one hand, casually looking at a few of the 2009 meets, it's clear that not every event is contested in every meet. On the other, many of the records in the longer stroke events were set in 2009, so the events were contested somewhere.
Current National Records: Female - 50-54 - LC
400m Backstroke JENNY WHITELEY NRY 12.12.2009 6:08.03 AUBURN
800m Backstroke JENNY WHITELEY NRY 21.02.2009 12:55.59 CESSNOCK
1500m Backstroke JENNY WHITELEY NRY21.02.2009 24:16.71 CESSNOCK
800m Breaststroke JENNY WHITELEY NRY 12.12.2009 13:28.83 AUBURN
1500m Breaststroke JENNY WHITELEY NRY 12.12.2009 25:44.58 AUBURN
Cessnock Results
Auburn Results
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!
Wow - I'm new here - been lurking for a bit and I used to train with one of the 800 IM record holders:bow:. I thought a 400 IM was madness...and still do. OK back to lurk until I do some more serious swimming :bolt:
Since we're at the beginning of a new season
Oh the season has started already? I'm still on my break until small child goes to pre-school, but think I'm headed for the middle distance lane once I get back in the water. I checked out the fly lane earlier and they swim scary amounts of fly, so am sure I'll be happier here.
So what is the difference between 500 SCY and 400 SCM? .....please don't say 4 lengths or 60 yards - is it a truly different race?
So what is the difference between 500 SCY and 400 SCM? .....please don't say 4 lengths or 60 yards - is it a truly different race?
Good question - the 4/4/5 is one of my favorites, and yes they are different, but I'm not sure I can really explain the difference.
Here is an interesting comparison between by fast 400scm time last december and my fastest 500 time this spring:
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400 (4:29.49) : 104.77 ; 109.09 ; 108.24 ; 107.39
500 (5:02.67) : 56.14 ; 102.17 ; 102.60 ; 102.27 ; 59.49
