Maybe this should go in OW, but I'm curious to know how times compare pool to open water, if anyone can help.
I realise that weather conditions play a part, but lets assume that the lake is nice and flat and around 76F and I'm not wearing a wetsuit.
If I managed 23.50 for 1500SCM what can I realistically expect as a time for 2 laps of a 750m lake course?
I only have experience in two OW events, one a mile long (Reston, VA Lake Audobon) and one a 2K (Copenhagen in the canals).
I'm steady at between 1100-1200 for 20 minutes in the pool. As it stands, my 2K in the canals of Denmark took me 40:46. I can't sight to save my life and many times caught myself way off to the "long" side of the circle (it was a 2K circle around the Danish Parliament) and had to fix back to the left. In essence, I swam zig-zag while the racers who were good at sighting (and bilateral breathing) swam a straighter course.
As for the mile, it was not a perfect loop, but mostly a squashed oval, and, being my first, I couldn't sight to save my life. My mile time is normally not as slow as it was in that race. I typically 'test' at a 1:31 100 (I know, slow), but in the mile swim I was nearer 1:46 with a final time of 31:15. Again, I swam zig-zag.
Bottom line: work on sighting and navigation. That's what I'm working on now. Straighter courses = faster times, and I'm looking forward to my next opportunity to improve.
I only have experience in two OW events, one a mile long (Reston, VA Lake Audobon) and one a 2K (Copenhagen in the canals).
I'm steady at between 1100-1200 for 20 minutes in the pool. As it stands, my 2K in the canals of Denmark took me 40:46. I can't sight to save my life and many times caught myself way off to the "long" side of the circle (it was a 2K circle around the Danish Parliament) and had to fix back to the left. In essence, I swam zig-zag while the racers who were good at sighting (and bilateral breathing) swam a straighter course.
As for the mile, it was not a perfect loop, but mostly a squashed oval, and, being my first, I couldn't sight to save my life. My mile time is normally not as slow as it was in that race. I typically 'test' at a 1:31 100 (I know, slow), but in the mile swim I was nearer 1:46 with a final time of 31:15. Again, I swam zig-zag.
Bottom line: work on sighting and navigation. That's what I'm working on now. Straighter courses = faster times, and I'm looking forward to my next opportunity to improve.
