How good of a swimmer am I?

RE: How good of a swimmer am I?

skiboy58 — Sat, 07 Aug 2021 21:33:21 GMT

Everything is relative, really. If you are a triathlete or swimmer/runner, those times are quite respectable. If you are competing in just swimming events, you won't win Nationals, but you know, who cares? What are your goals? If you were a non-swimmer who just recently got into swimming a few years ago, then 1:20 is pretty good for 100 meters. I am a former swimmer who got back into swimming as an adult after a long layoff, and my masters' best is 1:10 and change, but I'm in my 60s. You didn't say how old you are, so that is another factor.

RE: How good of a swimmer am I?

02ER5 — Sat, 03 Jul 2021 14:50:51 GMT

I can't either at 64 year old. The most yardage that I have done in workouts is 2,000 this year. Usually between 800 to 1600 yards. I like doing all four strokes and not all freestyle. Probably, breaststroke the most since I like kicking breastbone on the board. Unlike Michael Andrew going 15 seconds on each 25 yard is too hard for me as well. I do 25 yards at 30 to 1 minute rest. In fact the workouts sometimes they give I couldn't do in my 40's either when I still did a 1:34 100 yard breaststroke. I have swim one 200 yard fly at 4:50 in workouts.

RE: How good of a swimmer am I?

Former Member — Sun, 30 Aug 2020 08:10:02 GMT

I'll do Vidï¿½sternsimmet next year, are you going to do that? Also do you do Lostwater Race as well? This was my first swim related race ever but I'm gonna look those up

RE: How good of a swimmer am I?

Former Member — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 08:29:24 GMT

I live in Sweden so I think it should be meters, sometimes my shorter distance times varies from pool from pool but the long distance times are the same. I have a good group that I'm gonna swim with in the autumn and winter so gonna stick with that for the forseeable future. I don't know exactly what a pool event is but in the forseeable I will probably try to repeat the swimrun or try some open water swim race. I'll do VidÃ¶sternsimmet next year, are you going to do that? Also do you do Lostwater Race as well?

RE: How good of a swimmer am I?

Former Member — Sun, 23 Aug 2020 07:46:15 GMT

Thanks everyone + interesting to read. Everyone at my race crawled the whole race except me.. At least those in front of me... But the running felt better, I don't think anyone ran past me except in the start. Guess I will have to work on the swimming til the next summer. I had a hard time crawling the long distances when I was already out of breath. Also felt like I wasn't going completely straight. And ye I agree with the relative thing, not that I was surprised at all by this but it was a big difference from a regular pool (of course). Felt like going from being one of the best to one of the worst. My last 5k was 21:00 so I can't do a 20:00 everytime but maybe every third time I run or so. My best recent 10k run is 43:45 but I'm usually at 47:00 maybe. I live in Sweden so I think it should be meters, sometimes my shorter distance times varies from pool from pool but the long distance times are the same. I have a good group that I'm gonna swim with in the autumn and winter so gonna stick with that for the forseeable future. I don't know exactly what a pool event is but in the forseeable I will probably try to repeat the swimrun or try some open water swim race.

RE: How good of a swimmer am I?

Former Member — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 15:19:22 GMT

I've been lifting weights + running for a few years and have been swimming on and off for a couple of years. Last season I ramped up my swimming slightly to maybe 2000 meters 3 times per week. I'm gonna try a swimrun in about a month and have tried to increase my swimming to 4 times per week during the summer. I can do a 5k run in 20 mins if I max it so I think the running is fine but I don't know about my swimming. Best 100 meters time 1:20 (was few months ago, maybe I could increase it to 1:15 by now) I get really tired by it but I can do 3 intervalls of 100 meters at 1:30. With 1:30 rest. Longest crawl 1k (was really hard) 19 minutes I have tried to make a 400 meter swim in 7 minutes twice in the last week but had bad days both times and got like 7:30. I hope I am considered an intermediate swimmer at this but I'm not sure? I consider myself an intermediate swimmer. Your times are mostly the same as mine (except the 100 m) - which I consider not good because I'm in the slow lane of a triathlon club swim squad. My fastest 1.5 km freestyle in a LC pool is just under 29 minutes, roughly corresponding to your 19 minutes 1 km, and my fastest 400 m is about 7'9" However, my absolute fastest 100 m is 1'30" which can't be repeated. I can keep 1'47" on 8x100 on 2' intervals. All these, apart from the 100 m time which is done recently, are winter times when the pool is cold enough (below 68Â°F). In addition I have done a 14 km OW race in 5:14 hours. In comparison, my fastest 5k run time is about 22 and a half minutes but that's 4 years ago. My recent 10k run time is about 46 and a half minutes which is comparable so I can't run as fast as you.

RE: How good of a swimmer am I?

orca1946 — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 11:57:18 GMT

The more time you put into the swimming aspect of this, the better your endurance will be. Are you aiming to do pool events in U S M S in the future?

RE: How good of a swimmer am I?

Judy Anttonen — Sat, 01 Aug 2020 09:21:54 GMT

I am a 79 year old female. Have medaled at Nationals. I need new workouts but I can't do a 2500 yd workout in an hour!!

RE: How good of a swimmer am I?

Calvin S — Thu, 30 Jul 2020 09:44:22 GMT

If you can get up and down the pool with relative ease and enjoy doing it, I would argue you are a great swimmer. Compared to Michael Phelps, I am not good. Compared to the rest of my masters age group, I am halfway decent. Like Steve said, it really is all relative.

RE: How good of a swimmer am I?

Former Member — Thu, 30 Jul 2020 06:24:36 GMT

In swimming the adjective â€œgoodâ€ is relative, but no matter how fast you become thereâ€™s always room for improvement Agree wholeheartedly!! See the second part of my sig!! :) (I was careful to put "good" in quotations. I have no illusions that I am anything other than a newbie *** in the grand scheme.)

RE: How good of a swimmer am I?

orca1946 — Thu, 30 Jul 2020 06:09:57 GMT

Where do you live? Is joining masters swim team a possibility for you?

RE: How good of a swimmer am I?

__steve__ — Wed, 29 Jul 2020 08:49:33 GMT

In swimming the adjective â€œgoodâ€ is relative, but no matter how fast you become thereâ€™s always room for improvement

RE: How good of a swimmer am I?

Former Member — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 16:38:47 GMT

RE: How good of a swimmer am I?

Former Member — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 06:42:05 GMT

See my sig. Many people say that I am a "good" newbie swimmer. :) My 100m is the same as yours, but I've been slogging sessions at the pool since early 2019. I'm sure your 400m will be the same as mine soon enough if you keep at it. I sense that you have "speed" but not "endurance" yet. Good info =) And very good pace at 400 and 800 in my opinion =) You are completely right because my best 25s and 50s are about 15.2 (not fully rested) and like 33 or something on 50 but I don't stand a chance against you at 400 and 800 at the moment. But I'd be very happy if I reached the same pace in the future =). Will see how much time I will be able to put into it.

RE: How good of a swimmer am I?

Elaine Krugman — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 01:43:41 GMT

Compare your times to other swimmers here: www.usms.org/.../toptimes.php