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)
This is something I've wondered as my swimming and running have developed together over the past few years. However, I've never competed in a running 5k (favoring longer distances) nor a swimming 1500 (prefer the 800). But maybe this year I'll finally make the plunge and do both.
To make it somewhat fair, I think the 5k would need to be done on a flat course, preferably a track. But that's a totally separate event (just like a 1.5km open water is).
Off the top of my head, I'd predict my 5k run to be 60-90 sec faster than a 1500m swim.
This is something I've wondered as my swimming and running have developed together over the past few years. However, I've never competed in a running 5k (favoring longer distances) nor a swimming 1500 (prefer the 800). But maybe this year I'll finally make the plunge and do both.
To make it somewhat fair, I think the 5k would need to be done on a flat course, preferably a track. But that's a totally separate event (just like a 1.5km open water is).
Off the top of my head, I'd predict my 5k run to be 60-90 sec faster than a 1500m swim.
