Anyone have a reasonably accurate approximation of how their SCY pace per 100 translates when swimming open water? Assuming calm conditions and no navigation issues I'm curious what other people would use to estimate a 5K OW time based on say a 1000 SCY time of 12:30. Any thoughts?
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Good conditions = Easy navigation, no current (going back and forth), no wind, water temperature around 19C, air around 22C.
Just a thought. If you are experienced you may in fact be good at navigating. if you are not experienced you may find it daunting unless you are one of the exceptions. I find that in 19c water I swim well and fast. No problem with overheating.
It is hard to say about the current. If the water is still then no current. If you are swimming with the current one way and against it the other way it is a completely different thing. Go to an airport and go on a moving side walk. Walk SLOWLY in the direction of its movement. Now walk SLOWLY in the opposite direction. The first question is did you ever even reach the other end of the second leg or were you moving backward. More than one swimmer has abandoned a race because they could not make any headway, or because they made so little headway the faded. Lesson is: swimming with and then against a current, always takes longer and sometimes forever. :-) Probably doesn't apply to your swim but it is something to keep in mind.
Good conditions = Easy navigation, no current (going back and forth), no wind, water temperature around 19C, air around 22C.
Just a thought. If you are experienced you may in fact be good at navigating. if you are not experienced you may find it daunting unless you are one of the exceptions. I find that in 19c water I swim well and fast. No problem with overheating.
It is hard to say about the current. If the water is still then no current. If you are swimming with the current one way and against it the other way it is a completely different thing. Go to an airport and go on a moving side walk. Walk SLOWLY in the direction of its movement. Now walk SLOWLY in the opposite direction. The first question is did you ever even reach the other end of the second leg or were you moving backward. More than one swimmer has abandoned a race because they could not make any headway, or because they made so little headway the faded. Lesson is: swimming with and then against a current, always takes longer and sometimes forever. :-) Probably doesn't apply to your swim but it is something to keep in mind.
