help a mathmatically challenged bro out.
If I swim 1:40/100 LCM what is my pace for 100 SCY? How do you caluclate that?
(1y = 0.9144m)
(1m = 1.0936y)
Someone posted an internet link a few months ago when Marisol was trying to convert her 1000 swim to from yards to meters or vice versa. A quick check of the archives will bring it up.
thanks - found it.
easy way would be to multiply your yard time by 1.1 and add 1 second for the difference in turns (100m has 1 turn, 100y has 3, so difference of 2, 500m has 9, 500y has 19, so 10).
(100 yards in 80 seconds = 80*1.1 + 2 = 100m in 90 seconds)
Reverse it by subtracting the difference in turns first then dividing by 1.1.
(100m in 90 seconds = 90-2 /1.1 = 100 y in 80 seconds )
This formula works for flip turn using people only. If your flip turn sucks or you do open turns, you have to adjust accordingly.
This is a stupid question, but what is the difference between short course and long course? Is it the difference between a 25 and 50 meter pool?
25y vs 50m
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50M pool- long course meters
25M pool- short course meters
25yd pool- short course yards
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Keep in mind that the conversation tables and calculators assume that you are a relatively good swimmer, with good turns. The major reason why short course times are faster is all the time and effort you save on turns, but if you are doing open turns or doing bad flips turns, then your time savings are significantly less. If your turns are lousy, then you should just consider the difference in distance to calculate the difference between swimming LCM and SCY.
In swimming, as a rule of thumb used extensively you take off :05 as you go from LCM to SCM to YDS.
So, if you are 1:40/100 m for LCM
then use 1:35/100 m for SCM
and use 1:30/100 yd for YDS
It is not mathematically exact, however it is quite close. Swim as much LCM as you can, that is where the best swimmers develop and it is more conducive to triathlon training as there are less turns. Cheers!