How would you rank yourself at your pool?

RE: How would you rank yourself at your pool?

Former Member — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 17:41:09 GMT

I didn't vote...-we have seniors,casual swimmers,age groupers and national swimmers,but no masters. We do however have a lap club, and I had come in 3rd the last 2 years in a row.Though just yesterday our aquatics director pointed out to me that I slipped to 5th in 2010.Oh well,I can live with that.Now I rather swim quality yards with focus on stroke than junk miles of sloppy stuff.

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wnt2bfst — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 01:14:52 GMT

Top 10%...which is a joke since I work out at the local health club. I could probably swim faster if they didn't keep the water temp at 87 for the noodlers...lol. :D i am defiantly the big fish in a little pond. a very warm little pond. no one so far has been able to keep up with me. but if i were to shared my times, all of you would lhol (laugh hysterically out loud)

RE: How would you rank yourself at your pool?

Former Member — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:53:51 GMT

Ah yes, the apocryphal drop-dead sprinter. It's not that we drop dead... it's that we get bored with long races and lose interest :D

RE: How would you rank yourself at your pool?

Former Member — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:21:01 GMT

I moved in August, and in the process went from a 25y local health club pool to a 50m division 1 pool. Humbling doesn't even begin to describe it. I got a similar shock when I went from swimming laps on my own and training with the triathlon training group, to morning Masters practices. It's a whole other world. That was about four years ago. I still haven't caught up with my teammates, but I now regularly swim 4000 yard practices while doing flip turns the entire time. In retrospect that's something I couldn't have imagined doing back then. Plus now I can swim fly!

RE: How would you rank yourself at your pool?

Former Member — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 16:48:21 GMT

I moved in August, and in the process went from a 25y local health club pool to a 50m division 1 pool. Humbling doesn't even begin to describe it.

RE: How would you rank yourself at your pool?

Former Member — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 13:14:10 GMT

The ones loving longer distances just get bored to undress, do a under minute swim, dress and drive home….. :D once or twice a year is nice to have a quick swim; as a rule it is more than unexciting……:bitching: Seeing the pool results is stimulating: most of us are good! Wonder if we are really good comparing swimming times or comparing egos :D Waiting for people to swim 800/1000 or 1500/1650 is even less exciting. Lap after lap after lap after lap of stroke, stroke, stroke, turn, stroke, stroke, etc. for 10 plus minutes is enough to cure insomia.

RE: How would you rank yourself at your pool?

Former Member — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 11:37:35 GMT

The fastest 45-49 male sprint BR who only trains a few times a week.

RE: How would you rank yourself at your pool?

Former Member — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 11:21:14 GMT

I moved in August, and in the process went from a 25y local health club pool to a 50m division 1 pool. Humbling doesn't even begin to describe it. Heard that. I swim at the main Univ.of IL pool and it's a world away from the old 25 yard "Y" pool.

RE: How would you rank yourself at your pool?

__steve__ — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 09:34:42 GMT

I rank myself in the 'sucks' category, when compared to everyone here. But compared to others in the pool I use, I'm the best.

RE: How would you rank yourself at your pool?

KEWebb18 — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 08:50:30 GMT

About half the pool is faster than me, so I like to make up other superlatives for my ego: 1. I'm the fastest girl! Who's here today! 2. My swimsuit is the greenest! 3. First in the water! 4. Fastest showerer of all the women!* *4a. Most conditioner left in her hair! 5. Most improved! Who's here today! Today I was the fastest and slowest person in my lane. And yes, I had a lane to myself but I don't care! In the end, it's all about showing up. Getting out of bed is half the battle :bed:

RE: How would you rank yourself at your pool?

Former Member — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 08:20:53 GMT

It's not that we drop dead... it's that we get bored with long races and lose interest :D The ones loving longer distances just get bored to undress, do a under minute swim, dress and drive home….. :D once or twice a year is nice to have a quick swim; as a rule it is more than unexciting……:bitching: Seeing the pool results is stimulating: most of us are good! Wonder if we are really good comparing swimming times or comparing egos :D

RE: How would you rank yourself at your pool?

Elaine Krugman — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 07:54:20 GMT

The fastest 45-49 male sprint BR who only trains a few times a week. Hey J.R., I'm also a 45-49 sprint BR! :banana: But, from what I can tell on The Breaststroke Lane, you're a lot faster than me! :bow:

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swimshark — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 07:38:18 GMT

About half the pool is faster than me, so I like to make up other superlatives for my ego: 1. I'm the fastest girl! Who's here today! 2. My swimsuit is the greenest! 3. First in the water! 4. Fastest showerer of all the women!* *4a. Most conditioner left in her hair! 5. Most improved! Who's here today! I love your attitude! I'm going to try that. Here's mine: Most diligent about doing cool-downs! (That's all I've got so far. I'll work on it). I like that list, too. Here is mine I'm more than twice as old as all the swimmers in my workout. I can usually keep up (although today's 4x100 IMs on 1:20 were a bit hard on me)

RE: How would you rank yourself at your pool?

ande — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 03:38:07 GMT

How about WET?

RE: How would you rank yourself at your pool?

Former Member — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 17:41:38 GMT

I'm one of the slowest, and the absolute slowest among the core group of die-hards that consistently come to practice. I find it funny that the original post listed different categories in which we could rate ourselves. Technique, form, endurance.. those are all meaningless subjective labels. Speed is the only objective measure. The clock doesn't lie! Most days I don't mind being the slowest because it means I always have someone to chase and to motivate myself toward improvement. I think it's harder to push yourself to get better when you're already the fastest. Since I'm the charitable sort, I often switch roles by putting on fins and becoming the rabbit. :D

RE: How would you rank yourself at your pool?

Former Member — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 16:47:26 GMT

Well I was the fastest lap swimmer until a couple of weeks ago so I went for top 10%. However if you compare me with the HS team that gets in half way through my workout, I'm probably more like top 25%.

RE: How would you rank yourself at your pool?

Former Member — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 15:17:53 GMT

Depends on who's there. Some days some very fast people show up and I'm in the lower 50th percentile. Some days I'm the fastest one there. Right now it's New Years Resolution time, so there are a lot of strugglers thrashing away gamely and giving me hurt reproachful looks when I pass them.

RE: How would you rank yourself at your pool?

Former Member — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 15:09:57 GMT

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:

RE: How would you rank yourself at your pool?

Former Member — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 14:51:18 GMT

So what about someone who is very fast but never swims more than 25 yards each time, who also causes big splashes everywhere? :rolleyes: Ah yes, the apocryphal drop-dead sprinter. I've heard of them but I don't think we have any in my training group. The fastest sprinters tend to also be the fastest at all the other distances, including triathlons and open water. I suppose you're right, the case could be made that one's rank should be a composite score based on speed at all of the various distances. There are probably people out there who would score disproportionately badly on the longer distances. I just haven't met any of them.

RE: How would you rank yourself at your pool?

Former Member — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 13:22:25 GMT

It's all a matter of perspective. At my masters practice, within the wide range of average. At the health club... let's just say I go there when my ego needs a boost. :)

RE: How would you rank yourself at your pool?

philoswimmer — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 09:59:45 GMT

About half the pool is faster than me, so I like to make up other superlatives for my ego: 1. I'm the fastest girl! Who's here today! 2. My swimsuit is the greenest! 3. First in the water! 4. Fastest showerer of all the women!* *4a. Most conditioner left in her hair! 5. Most improved! Who's here today! I love your attitude! I'm going to try that. Here's mine: Most diligent about doing cool-downs! (That's all I've got so far. I'll work on it).

RE: How would you rank yourself at your pool?

Speedo — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 09:44:59 GMT

Top 10% in my workout group, but about average overall. Many of the faster folks swim at other times or on the other side of the bulkhead. I'd be the slowest in the college group or the small national championship group that materializes once the LC season starts. One of the benefits of having many groups at a facility is that they mix to some extent (on weekend mornings and in the summertime especially), and you get to swim with some truly fast folks when that happens.

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swimmerb212 — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 09:13:53 GMT

RE: How would you rank yourself at your pool?

Former Member — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 08:56:15 GMT

So you are the only absolute average. :D Yeap! “the only absolute…” whichever I want, depends on my daily mood….:D

RE: How would you rank yourself at your pool?

Former Member — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 07:56:48 GMT

I find it funny that the original post listed different categories in which we could rate ourselves. Technique, form, endurance.. those are all meaningless subjective labels. Speed is the only objective measure. The clock doesn't lie! So what about someone who is very fast but never swims more than 25 yards each time, who also causes big splashes everywhere? :rolleyes: