I've sort of decided to swim the 400IM at Auburn. I've never swum it LCM before (and only once SCY), but will have twice before LCM Nats. I won't have a LCM time before I register, though. Since it seems as if sandbagging is a hot topic now, I want to make sure I enter a fairly realistic time -- but I don't want to end up out of my league either. My question is -- how do your actual LCM times in the 400IM compare to your converted SCY times? For the record, my 200IM SCY/LCM conversion is fairly accurate. Not sure if the same will apply to the 400IM, though.
Now I just hope that Swimosaur doesn't read this, as I will then be committed to swimming the LCM 400 IM. :)
The first time I swam the 400 LCM IM, I used a time converter to guesstimate an entry time, and I did not swim anywhere near as fast as the conversion tool predicted. I was something like 9 or 10 seconds slower. I think the main reason for that is that breaststroke is my weakest stroke by far, and in long course I have to swim far more breaststroke than I do in short course, where I can use the additional pullouts to hide. So if you're awesome at breaststroke then this might not be an issue for you, but if you're like me then expect to go slower than the conversion tools predict.
The first time I swam the 400 LCM IM, I used a time converter to guesstimate an entry time, and I did not swim anywhere near as fast as the conversion tool predicted. I was something like 9 or 10 seconds slower. I think the main reason for that is that breaststroke is my weakest stroke by far, and in long course I have to swim far more breaststroke than I do in short course, where I can use the additional pullouts to hide. So if you're awesome at breaststroke then this might not be an issue for you, but if you're like me then expect to go slower than the conversion tools predict.
