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)
Interesting question - A few years ago I saw a race for the USAT Aquathlon that was a 1500M swim and a 5K run. I thought those distances would be a pretty fair race for a decent swimmer and a decent runner. A good swimmer (not elite) could do the mile under 20 minutes and so could a good runner.
I entered the race and my times were within a minute of eachother. When I looked through the results there were many people who had the same thing too. I really enjoyed that race and would love to see more events like it. Triathlons annoy me since I spend about ten minutes swimming and an hour and ten minutes on the other stuff that I don't have a passion for.
Check out the link:
Usat Aquathlon National Championship 2009
www.athlinks.com/time.aspx
Swimmerlady, you might find my proposal for a "fair triathlon" amusing:
forums.usms.org/blog.php
Interesting question - A few years ago I saw a race for the USAT Aquathlon that was a 1500M swim and a 5K run. I thought those distances would be a pretty fair race for a decent swimmer and a decent runner. A good swimmer (not elite) could do the mile under 20 minutes and so could a good runner.
I entered the race and my times were within a minute of eachother. When I looked through the results there were many people who had the same thing too. I really enjoyed that race and would love to see more events like it. Triathlons annoy me since I spend about ten minutes swimming and an hour and ten minutes on the other stuff that I don't have a passion for.
Check out the link:
Usat Aquathlon National Championship 2009
www.athlinks.com/time.aspx
Swimmerlady, you might find my proposal for a "fair triathlon" amusing:
forums.usms.org/blog.php
