I'm about the guy you're asking, I swam 38' in a 70.3 2 weeks ago but there was a small run in the middle of 2' so there remains 36'. This was fresh water with wetsuit.
My pool times are hard to compare because we have these strange "meters" here instead of yards. Anyway, I swim 8' straight for 400m in a 50m pool without a wetsuit and 7'20" with.
First of all: you can never really compare open water swims, because you never know where they throw the buoys in. Was it 1800m? Was it 2100m? You never know. Forget gps in the water.
Secondly, I'm noticably faster in a 25m pool compared to a 50m one, and I would say one wins 4" per turn. This means, you're 2 minutes faster over 1900m in a 50m pool compared with open water.
Thirdly, if you manage to get advantage with drafting you might win something. But I am always already glad to swim halfway comfortably, and do not know whether being able to take real advantage of drafting.
My pool times are hard to compare because we have these strange "meters" here instead of yards. Anyway, I swim 8' straight for 400m in a 50m pool without a wetsuit and 7'20" with.
First of all: you can never really compare open water swims, because you never know where they throw the buoys in. Was it 1800m? Was it 2100m? You never know. Forget gps in the water.
Secondly, I'm noticably faster in a 25m pool compared to a 50m one, and I would say one wins 4" per turn. This means, you're 2 minutes faster over 1900m in a 50m pool compared with open water.
Thirdly, if you manage to get advantage with drafting you might win something. But I am always already glad to swim halfway comfortably, and do not know whether being able to take real advantage of drafting.
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longtrousers: Jun 13, 18 0:38