I just looked at results of Open Water World Cup 2005 in Argentina and have a hard time comprehending how you can swim that fast for that long.Anyways, as an example the first place in a 21 km. swim was won in 2:00.30.40, which roughly translates to about 10km per hour or 34.43 SECONDS per 100 meters.How in the world is that possible?Can the current really help you out that much and out of curiousity what would you think that speed would translate into in the pool?In other words how fast would a swimmer like that swim 1500m. in a pool?
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Originally posted by hooked-on-swimming
I just realised I would have a better chance in triathlon if I wanted to try myself out there...I was amazed that good triathlonists(olimpic size) swim 1.5 km in 18 min having to bike and run afterwards, now I realize it isn't really the 18min. of pool swimming I was thinking about, what would 18min. in open water translate into in the pool?
Seems to me that 18 minutes of swimming is 18 minutes of swimming. You might get farther in those 18 minutes (or less far if you are swimming against the current) but the effort and calories expended, etc., will be about the same for any 18 minute swim.
I once participated a study at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. All the swimming was done in their flume. I stayed stationary, and the water movement was changed. (One of the tests started me out at my base aerobic rate, and then every 10 seconds the water speed was cranked up another notch. My job was to pick up the pace each time I heard the turbines whirr a little louder, and just stay over the mark at the bottom of the flume. I was to do this until I crumpled in exhaustion. They were monitoring my breathing intake and CO2 expelled...) In terms of physical/spatial movement, I didn't move a single yard. But you can imagine that I put in a good workout for each of these sessions nonetheless!
Originally posted by hooked-on-swimming
I just realised I would have a better chance in triathlon if I wanted to try myself out there...I was amazed that good triathlonists(olimpic size) swim 1.5 km in 18 min having to bike and run afterwards, now I realize it isn't really the 18min. of pool swimming I was thinking about, what would 18min. in open water translate into in the pool?
Seems to me that 18 minutes of swimming is 18 minutes of swimming. You might get farther in those 18 minutes (or less far if you are swimming against the current) but the effort and calories expended, etc., will be about the same for any 18 minute swim.
I once participated a study at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. All the swimming was done in their flume. I stayed stationary, and the water movement was changed. (One of the tests started me out at my base aerobic rate, and then every 10 seconds the water speed was cranked up another notch. My job was to pick up the pace each time I heard the turbines whirr a little louder, and just stay over the mark at the bottom of the flume. I was to do this until I crumpled in exhaustion. They were monitoring my breathing intake and CO2 expelled...) In terms of physical/spatial movement, I didn't move a single yard. But you can imagine that I put in a good workout for each of these sessions nonetheless!
