JasoninHalifax wrote:
Just fyi, the 1650 scales almost exactly to the 1500 scm, where I believe the wr is somewhere around 14:10, just going from memory.
And the extra turns will definitely make the vendt set a faster swim than LCM. No question at all.
Edit, according to Wikipedia, 14:10.10 - grant Hackett 2001.
I think you're missing Monty's point. For a 30,000yd set, I'm gonna go ahead and wager that he's not pushing the envelope on every single turn, maximizing time under water, etc. the way you could for a one off. Having some experience doing challenging five hour workouts (albeit for cycling), I get what he's driving at - you can't go over the redline and expect to be okay. There's just not the recovery.
So, yes, if you are talking about WR performances, where guy are squeezing every last drop of optimisation out of the turns, etc., then yes, "SCY is a *LOT* faster than LCM." But for 30k? Even if you are generous and go way over on compensation, you're saying that Eric could do 19x1500LCM on an 18min turnover when Larsen couldn't even make 18x sub-18 on a 20min turnover. And he's an Olympic silver medalist in the 1500...
There are plenty of guys, though, who were way better in practice than in races. Vendt might have just been one of those guys who was the Michael Phelps of training. That certainly seems to be his reputation. The #2 set on most of these "epic set" lists belongs to Jeff Kostoff with his 4x5000 on 50:00. Kostoff still holds the US Junior record for 1000fr despite all the advances in suit technology, underwater, etc. And yet he was another guy who never performed at the same level on the big stage (he actually talks about it in some good interviews). For a guy who was that dominant in high school and in training, a 6th and a 9th in two Olympics is not exactly what you expect. Vendt's Olympic and WC record is obviously much better than Kostoff's, but you'd also expect that from someone who could do what he apparently has done in training...
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