Sub Four Minute Mile - well - 200m!
Discipline: Swimming
Distance: 1600 metres
Time: 70 minutes
Not a continuous swim, I took fair few breaks, with a few drills in there. The bilateral breathing seems to be improving, and I think that my balance when I breathe on my right hand side is far better than it was. On the downside, the goggles are tending to gradually leak - grrrr! Maybe it's a problem that didn't crop up when I only took breaths on the other side!
Anyhow - after doing 24 lengths, I decided to go for an 400m time trial. It was going great for the first twelve (of sixteen) lengths, but then I seemed to run into a blue rinse traffic jam - and for some bizarre reason, none of it deliberate I'm sure, I seemed to just slow to a standstill. I even had to reverse paddle at one point, and go at a slow crawl behind them for half a length, weave like mad, and at one point stop completely! I finished the half mile in 8:54 (5 seconds outside a PB), but nearly 30 seconds of that must have been time wasted, so I reckon I was closer to 8:30
A bit later the pool cleared, so I had another crack at a 200m time trial - and felt really relaxed but like I was stroking well. The previous best was 4:09, but tonight I managed a PB by eleven seconds:
3:58.2 for 200m
my first time under four minutes :oD
I then did a few more easy lengths, before trying some stroke counting to see how my power had improved. My best ever was seventeen strokes, but tonight I managed sixteen at my first attempt and then fourteen strokes at my second - magic!! Must have another go at swim golf before long :oD
Distance: 1600 metres
Time: 70 minutes
Not a continuous swim, I took fair few breaks, with a few drills in there. The bilateral breathing seems to be improving, and I think that my balance when I breathe on my right hand side is far better than it was. On the downside, the goggles are tending to gradually leak - grrrr! Maybe it's a problem that didn't crop up when I only took breaths on the other side!
Anyhow - after doing 24 lengths, I decided to go for an 400m time trial. It was going great for the first twelve (of sixteen) lengths, but then I seemed to run into a blue rinse traffic jam - and for some bizarre reason, none of it deliberate I'm sure, I seemed to just slow to a standstill. I even had to reverse paddle at one point, and go at a slow crawl behind them for half a length, weave like mad, and at one point stop completely! I finished the half mile in 8:54 (5 seconds outside a PB), but nearly 30 seconds of that must have been time wasted, so I reckon I was closer to 8:30
A bit later the pool cleared, so I had another crack at a 200m time trial - and felt really relaxed but like I was stroking well. The previous best was 4:09, but tonight I managed a PB by eleven seconds:
3:58.2 for 200m
my first time under four minutes :oD
I then did a few more easy lengths, before trying some stroke counting to see how my power had improved. My best ever was seventeen strokes, but tonight I managed sixteen at my first attempt and then fourteen strokes at my second - magic!! Must have another go at swim golf before long :oD
posted by XFR Bear @ 3:37 pm
5 Comments:
sorry let me get this right 8 lengths in 4mins!
I take almost twice as long!
So are you doing the 5000m swimathon? Zilla is!
Nooooo - 200m is sixteen lengths innit - it's 25m a length
Only 8 lengths if you have a 50m pool, which are rare in this country.
Ruddy Ian Thorpe can apparently do 400m in 5:11 - but that's only kicking and not bothering using his arms - GIT!!!
25*4=100
so 25*8 = 200
call yourself a teacher!
Feck - what wuz I on about!!
I'm not a maffs teacher :os
I should hope not too Bear!
You should be ashamed of yourself!
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