yesterday I swam a 1500 to get a sign up time. it's been nearly 6 months since i have swam anything over 400m. I had no idea how I should swim it, or how it would feel during. took off way too fast 1:15, then 2:25 at the 200 and 5:20 at the 400. but then averaged about 1:25-1:26 for the rest and ended upw ith 21:10.
it got me thinking about a 5km run. I don't run, but it seems that almost every spring I decide it's time to start and i do run 3-5 times and I always use a 5km as a test/goal distance.
my goal for the 1500 in 3 weeks is to be under 20:00 so I have 3 weeks to learn how to hold a 1:20 pace, as well as to prepare mentally how it feels to swim that long. but I find it funny that my goal for the 5km has also been to run it under 20:00
anyone else have similar times for the 1500 and 5km? (1650yd vs 3 miles)
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I do. Pretty close, actually.
My best time for the 1650 was 19:52 at SCY Nats in Atlanta, tapered and suited (B70). Untapered and without a tech suit this season I have been in the 20:45 range for both the 1500 SCM and 1650 SCY. My best 5K run time is 21:11, but I think I can go under 21 based on a 10K I ran this past weekend (42:51). Right now I'm very happy with how I'm running, but not as much with how I'm swimming.
I think a lot is dependent on swim form, gender, and age, and swim background. For me, it's a little easier to go faster in a 1500/1650 than it is a 5K run. I'm a 45 year old female, FWIW, not a triathlete (recovered triathlete, actually), knew how to swim as a kid but never competitively until 2007. I'm interested in reading feedback from this thread, as it's something I've thought about as well.
I think you'll find as you improve your pacing, you'll drop a lot of time in both the pool mile and the 5K.
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I do. Pretty close, actually.
My best time for the 1650 was 19:52 at SCY Nats in Atlanta, tapered and suited (B70). Untapered and without a tech suit this season I have been in the 20:45 range for both the 1500 SCM and 1650 SCY. My best 5K run time is 21:11, but I think I can go under 21 based on a 10K I ran this past weekend (42:51). Right now I'm very happy with how I'm running, but not as much with how I'm swimming.
I think a lot is dependent on swim form, gender, and age, and swim background. For me, it's a little easier to go faster in a 1500/1650 than it is a 5K run. I'm a 45 year old female, FWIW, not a triathlete (recovered triathlete, actually), knew how to swim as a kid but never competitively until 2007. I'm interested in reading feedback from this thread, as it's something I've thought about as well.
I think you'll find as you improve your pacing, you'll drop a lot of time in both the pool mile and the 5K.
