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)
well I managed to swim my 1500 in 20:00.36 so I guess I have my work cut out for me if I am going to run a 5km under 20 this summer.
1:13.46
2:31.37 (1:17.91)
3:50.22 (1:18.85)
5:09.11 (1:18.89)
6:28.83 (1:19.72)
7:48.79 (1:19.93)
9:08.40 (1:19.61)
10:29.67 (1:21.79) around 750 I stopped thinking about my turns
11:50.43 (1:20.76)
13:11.97 (1:21.48)
14:33.50 (1:21.53)
15:55.35 (1:21.85) looked at the lapcounter and spent a 50 doing simple math in my head
17:18.85 (1:23.5) figured out I only had 200 left and started to pick up the pace
18:40.56 (1:21.71)
20:00.36 (1:19.8)
This was my first 1500m ever in a pool. Next time my goal will be to open around 10:30 like this time, but then to stay mentally alert of all my turns, streamlines off the wall. and see if I can't get down around 19:50.
For the first 750 I took my first stroke out at the flags (5m) without really trying. Something just clicked around 750 and fell back into my old routine.
well I managed to swim my 1500 in 20:00.36 so I guess I have my work cut out for me if I am going to run a 5km under 20 this summer.
1:13.46
2:31.37 (1:17.91)
3:50.22 (1:18.85)
5:09.11 (1:18.89)
6:28.83 (1:19.72)
7:48.79 (1:19.93)
9:08.40 (1:19.61)
10:29.67 (1:21.79) around 750 I stopped thinking about my turns
11:50.43 (1:20.76)
13:11.97 (1:21.48)
14:33.50 (1:21.53)
15:55.35 (1:21.85) looked at the lapcounter and spent a 50 doing simple math in my head
17:18.85 (1:23.5) figured out I only had 200 left and started to pick up the pace
18:40.56 (1:21.71)
20:00.36 (1:19.8)
This was my first 1500m ever in a pool. Next time my goal will be to open around 10:30 like this time, but then to stay mentally alert of all my turns, streamlines off the wall. and see if I can't get down around 19:50.
For the first 750 I took my first stroke out at the flags (5m) without really trying. Something just clicked around 750 and fell back into my old routine.
