I know that there are sites/programs and maybe even tables out there for converting times from yards to meters.
But do they work for everyone?
last april I was able to swim a 200 yard pushing it hard but not max for a 2:03 which according to one site would mean I could swim roughly 2:17 at practice in a meters pool. today i pushed a 200 and hit the wall at 2:25 or so.
I started thinking about it for the rest of practice and decided that my yards times are much faster than my meters time converted because my body type benefits greatly from taking 2-4 less strokes/length as well as getting that break on the turn earlier.
anyone have recent times in yards and meters that could test any of the converting sites and see if they are even close.
here's the one I use more often
www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/.../conversions.asp
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I like Southlake better because it is 25 minutes from home :)
The meet was traditionally Friday/Saturday, last year it was Saturday/Sunday and this year it looks like it is only one day? If it is one day, the 1500 will probably be first as an early session with the main meet schedule to start "no earlier than" sometime, so only the 1500ers need to sit through that tedium. The water temp at SMU is not bad first thing in the morning, the 200 fly is in the middle of the meet, so if you deal with heat well, it shouldn't be any problem to swim both.
If you don't deal with heat well, I wouldn't swim both. There should be plenty of time between them, but you will need to rehydrate intelligently after the 1500.
Here is my write up on day 2 of the meet last year: forums.usms.org/blog.php
Thanks for the tips...I reckon Southlake is about 35/40 mins from me, maybe next year eh? As for the DAM meet, do they do an 800 free? My only motivation for the 1500 would be a possible top 10, and its a helluva long way to swim and come in 11th!
...now to prove I've not gone completely off topic: 1500m open water at 23.12, would convert to 1500m LC at 22.43 taking 1 sec per turn, then take off a bit more for better fitness and I might bring it in under 22 if I catch the current in the pool right.........
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I like Southlake better because it is 25 minutes from home :)
The meet was traditionally Friday/Saturday, last year it was Saturday/Sunday and this year it looks like it is only one day? If it is one day, the 1500 will probably be first as an early session with the main meet schedule to start "no earlier than" sometime, so only the 1500ers need to sit through that tedium. The water temp at SMU is not bad first thing in the morning, the 200 fly is in the middle of the meet, so if you deal with heat well, it shouldn't be any problem to swim both.
If you don't deal with heat well, I wouldn't swim both. There should be plenty of time between them, but you will need to rehydrate intelligently after the 1500.
Here is my write up on day 2 of the meet last year: forums.usms.org/blog.php
Thanks for the tips...I reckon Southlake is about 35/40 mins from me, maybe next year eh? As for the DAM meet, do they do an 800 free? My only motivation for the 1500 would be a possible top 10, and its a helluva long way to swim and come in 11th!
...now to prove I've not gone completely off topic: 1500m open water at 23.12, would convert to 1500m LC at 22.43 taking 1 sec per turn, then take off a bit more for better fitness and I might bring it in under 22 if I catch the current in the pool right.........
