On a "true" openwater course what do you consider an appropriate time conversion? By true I mean, no current, accurate distance not swimming into too many folks and not going off course.
Another way to ask is I went a 25:46 in an 2000M in a LCM pool. That is 1:17.5 per 100M. What could I expect to swim in an open water 1500M per 100?
Thoughts?
This spring I went 12:56 for 1000 yards in the pool. Thats a 1:18 100yd pace.
Sunday I swam a 1000m tri in a wetsuit and went 16:30. Figure minus 30 sec. for a long run to transition and that's about a 1:27 100yd pace.
I wore a wetsuit and navigating was good. I had to swim through a slower wave, but was not held up too bad.
FYI, I had a better time by a few seconds than someone in the pool at the meet where I went 12:56. He swam the tri leg on Sunday in 15:02. That's about a 1:20 pace, so he is equal in pace, pool or OW.
This spring I went 12:56 for 1000 yards in the pool. Thats a 1:18 100yd pace.
Sunday I swam a 1000m tri in a wetsuit and went 16:30. Figure minus 30 sec. for a long run to transition and that's about a 1:27 100yd pace.
I wore a wetsuit and navigating was good. I had to swim through a slower wave, but was not held up too bad.
FYI, I had a better time by a few seconds than someone in the pool at the meet where I went 12:56. He swam the tri leg on Sunday in 15:02. That's about a 1:20 pace, so he is equal in pace, pool or OW.
