So, after years of training in an Olympic-style pool designed for competitive swimming, I just moved to a small town with a "nice enough" leisure pool which ostensibly is supposed to be 25 meters long. The issue? I am just busting a gut to hold pace times which normally would be cruising for me. I am a full 5 seconds slow on the hundred across the board.
I did spend much of my summer working stroke correction in an outdoor pool without too much speed work, but I did rock-out quite a few hard sets to maintain fitness. I just cannot fathom how a change in pools can gut performance this much. Could it be the stress of the move (2000 miles and a whole new carreer) or perhaps the fact the pool is kept really warm? Its as if the pool is about one or two meters too long. (BTW: I usually go about 15 strokes per length and this pool has me working hard to get less than 17 strokes).
Any ideas or similar circumstances?
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Maybe your turns are not good, and yes there are slow pools around. I remember racing a bunch of US Swimmers that all had best times of 49 seconds for a 100 at the McGill university 25 yard pool. I beat them and did 52 seconds flat.
In 1955 when getting ready to compete in the Pan American games I was a full 10 seconds slower for the 100. But the very next day I took 10 seconds off my 100 time.
Maybe your turns are not good, and yes there are slow pools around. I remember racing a bunch of US Swimmers that all had best times of 49 seconds for a 100 at the McGill university 25 yard pool. I beat them and did 52 seconds flat.
In 1955 when getting ready to compete in the Pan American games I was a full 10 seconds slower for the 100. But the very next day I took 10 seconds off my 100 time.
