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)
I can do the 1500 in probably about 18:00 or so. Comparing that to a 5K run...I'd say my swimming would win any day. That's because running is for runners...not swimmers. :bliss: Plus, my knee wouldn't handle the repeated impacts over that kind of distance.
I can do the 1500 in probably about 18:00 or so. Comparing that to a 5K run...I'd say my swimming would win any day. That's because running is for runners...not swimmers. :bliss: Plus, my knee wouldn't handle the repeated impacts over that kind of distance.
