I thought of a *** question:
How would you rank yourself among the swimmers at your pool? Are you a better swimmer there, or perhaps even the best? Or...?
You may consider all factors (technique, speed, endurance, form,...), or only the factors that you consider
important.
Let's see if the folks here make up the best of all the pools out there. :cool:
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Maybe so, but those other factors are likely to influence how much sheer training (without any improvement in form) can improve your speed. Also, endurance suggests that while you may not be the fastest in practice, you might blow others away in a long OW swim.
I think there are many different combinations of speed, technique, and endurance that can add up to the same time in a given event.
The great thing about OW is that you don't have to have the most endurance, or speed, or best technique. You can get an edge through strategy, or by being a better sighter, being familiar with the course, drafting, etc. There are plenty of variables that make open water races interesting.
However, the subject line does say "How would you rank yourself at your pool" so I didn't take open water into account when I did my ranking. Good idea though! Allow me to recalculate.... :coffee: .... damn! same result. :badday:
Maybe so, but those other factors are likely to influence how much sheer training (without any improvement in form) can improve your speed. Also, endurance suggests that while you may not be the fastest in practice, you might blow others away in a long OW swim.
I think there are many different combinations of speed, technique, and endurance that can add up to the same time in a given event.
The great thing about OW is that you don't have to have the most endurance, or speed, or best technique. You can get an edge through strategy, or by being a better sighter, being familiar with the course, drafting, etc. There are plenty of variables that make open water races interesting.
However, the subject line does say "How would you rank yourself at your pool" so I didn't take open water into account when I did my ranking. Good idea though! Allow me to recalculate.... :coffee: .... damn! same result. :badday:
