What is standard in comparing an IM swim to a HI swim? The answer is obviously "it depends", but what are some rules of thumb that make sense? 2xHIM + 10%? 20%?
I swam 33:50 at 70.3 Boulder last year, and I swam 33:15 at St. George this year. I raced IM Boulder last week and figured I would probably finish around 1:08-1:10, but I was a little disappointed with a 1:13:05. Obviously course distance can impact this, as can the line you swim, draft, etc. I swam a pretty tight triangle last weekend and was always about 15 meters inside the buoy line (minus when i merged right for a legal turn). I tend to get overly optimistic when I am out there, and Sunday it was no different. The swim felt so smooth, I almost convinced myself mid-swim that I would see a 1:05 on my watch, lol.
So is the 1:13 a good, bad, or otherwise?
Probably doesn't matter since I won't do anymore IMs, but sort of just curious to see if my swim work paid off this build.
I swam 33:50 at 70.3 Boulder last year, and I swam 33:15 at St. George this year. I raced IM Boulder last week and figured I would probably finish around 1:08-1:10, but I was a little disappointed with a 1:13:05. Obviously course distance can impact this, as can the line you swim, draft, etc. I swam a pretty tight triangle last weekend and was always about 15 meters inside the buoy line (minus when i merged right for a legal turn). I tend to get overly optimistic when I am out there, and Sunday it was no different. The swim felt so smooth, I almost convinced myself mid-swim that I would see a 1:05 on my watch, lol.
So is the 1:13 a good, bad, or otherwise?
Probably doesn't matter since I won't do anymore IMs, but sort of just curious to see if my swim work paid off this build.