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5k swim results-how can this be???
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 2006-03-22 2:16 PM |
Veteran  250  |  Subject: 5k swim results-how can this be???I was nosing around looking for some events to enter and stumbled upon this 5k OWS, which sounded interesting, but check out these results... http://www.gsmtc.com/results%205k%20swim%20overall%2005.htm Man! Just when I think I'm figuring this swim thing out I see this. Can people really swim this far this fast? That's a 1:11 pace for over 3 miles! I feel like I need swimming lessons now. |
| 2006-03-22 2:21 PM in reply to: #376756 |
Cycling Guru 15134  Fulton, MD | Subject: RE: 5k swim results-how can this be??? No matter how fast someone is remember, there is always someone faster out there.  |
| 2006-03-22 2:23 PM in reply to: #376756 |
| over a barrier | Subject: RE: 5k swim results-how can this be??? It's amazing....you can tell a real swimmer once they hit the water.. The winner of Big Shoulders was about a min slower than that winner...they're former college swimmers though. I'm hoping for 1:30 (90 Min) for mine. |
| 2006-03-22 2:28 PM in reply to: #376756 |
Elite 2421 | Subject: RE: 5k swim results-how can this be??? donmck - 2006-03-22 1:16 PM I was nosing around looking for some events to enter and stumbled upon this 5k OWS, which sounded interesting, but check out these results... http://www.gsmtc.com/results%205k%20swim%20overall%2005.htm Man! Just when I think I'm figuring this swim thing out I see this. Can people really swim this far this fast? That's a 1:11 pace for over 3 miles! I feel like I need swimming lessons now. 1:11 pace? As in per 100? That's about right. At the top levels you see a lot of the triathlete's out of the water in well under an hour. I don't know if it will help any, but whenever I get bummed about that kind of thing I remind myself that chances are I could destroy most of them in a hot dog eating contest. bts |
| 2006-03-22 3:15 PM in reply to: #376756 |
| over a barrier | Subject: RE: 5k swim results-how can this be??? Okay....now I'm depressed. Did you see some of those ages? A 12 year old went like 1:15.... Where's the chocolate... |
| 2006-03-22 3:27 PM in reply to: #376756 |
Extreme Veteran 760 Provo, UT (my heart is in Seattle) | Subject: RE: 5k swim results-how can this be??? That is awesome. Maybe one day I will be able to swim a 5k, let alone swim it that fast. |
| 2006-03-22 3:36 PM in reply to: #376867 |
Elite 3650 Laurium, MI | Subject: RE: 5k swim results-how can this be??? running2far - 2006-03-22 2:15 PM Okay....now I'm depressed. Did you see some of those ages? A 12 year old went like 1:15.... Where's the chocolate... dude...Kids are ungodly fast. They always blow by me during my 5k's. |
| 2006-03-22 3:41 PM in reply to: #376756 |
Extreme Veteran 483 St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands | Subject: RE: 5k swim results-how can this be??? If you are looking for long distance swim events check out the following 3.5 miles - http://www.friendsvinp.org/swim/ 5 miles - http://www.swimrace.com/coral_reef_swim_schedule.htm I plan to struggle my way through both this year |
 2006-03-22 3:54 PM in reply to: #376756 |
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| Master 2629 brummie land | Subject: RE: 5k swim results-how can this be??? my swim coach did that race around manhattan. anybody got results so i can check his time? it was a whiel ago. top bloke  |
| 2006-03-22 6:49 PM in reply to: #376756 |
| Expert 957 | Subject: RE: 5k swim results-how can this be??? The fact that the top swimmers are so young doesn't surprise me. I swam in high school and the volume the club swimmers do even at the age of like 8 is more than I swam in practice back then. These kids have been swimming year round, with a high yardage per week probably since about the age of 4 or 5. Unless you were one of those kids who then swam in college, it is just impossible for us mere mortals to beat them. |
| 2006-03-23 7:21 AM in reply to: #376756 |
| Giver 18427 | Subject: RE: 5k swim results-how can this be??? Definitely. When I was an age grouper, we did a 10K OW swim every summer and the fastest kids were under 2 hours. My fastest was about 2:03.
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| 2006-03-23 12:15 PM in reply to: #376756 |
| Extreme Veteran 495 Stamford, CT | Subject: RE: 5k swim results-how can this be??? for those looking for Manhattan Island Marathon results go to nycswim.org They hold a bunch of open water races in the Hudson (various distances) which is great if your training for the NYC Tri. Iv'e gone sub 1 hour 5Ks, but it really depends on the course and the currents. My fastest pace was :52 second hundreds for a 6 mile race (but the current was also 2-3 MPH which helped a lot without a current, in perfect conditions I could prob hold 1:08 pace). But I also have almost 20 years of open water experience (I did my first OWS when I was 8). |
| 2006-03-23 1:35 PM in reply to: #376756 |
Master 2496 Atlanta, Georgia Gold member | Subject: RE: 5k swim results-how can this be??? FWIW, if you are considering doing the event, I have raced some tri's with the swim in Lake Chatuge and always found the water to be quite delightful. A little muddy around the banks and clear, more or less, towards the center. |
| 2006-03-23 2:02 PM in reply to: #377603 |
| Giver 18427 | Subject: RE: 5k swim results-how can this be??? I did swam on a relay in the Beast of the East HIM there last fall and while the water was great, fog rolled in 5 minutes into the swim making so you couldn't see more than 25 yards in front of you. Scary, but I still got second in the swim. alltom1 - 2006-03-23 2:35 PM FWIW, if you are considering doing the event, I have raced some tri's with the swim in Lake Chatuge and always found the water to be quite delightful. A little muddy around the banks and clear, more or less, towards the center. |
| 2006-03-24 11:44 AM in reply to: #377537 |
| Veteran 250 | Subject: RE: 5k swim results-how can this be??? jellyfish - 2006-03-23 1:15 PM without a current, in perfect conditions I could prob hold 1:08 pace). That is an all out sprint for me in a pool! I must be doing something wrong. I think my form is good, but it's not getting the job done. I need to find a swim clinic or something. |
| 2006-03-24 11:52 AM in reply to: #378620 |
| Giver 18427 | Subject: RE: 5k swim results-how can this be??? Or get 20 years of open water experience... <why does everyone always look for the easy way out donmck - 2006-03-24 12:44 PM jellyfish - 2006-03-23 1:15 PMI need to find a swim clinic or something. |
| 2006-03-24 12:03 PM in reply to: #376756 |
| Extreme Veteran 495 Stamford, CT | Subject: RE: 5k swim results-how can this be??? Any easy way to shave time off your OWS is to draft of someone slightly faster than you. When you draft you swim faster and use up to 50% less energy. Plus, then you don't have to sight as often, which can also slow you down. |
| 2006-03-24 12:07 PM in reply to: #378640 |
| Giver 18427 | Subject: RE: 5k swim results-how can this be??? jellyfish - 2006-03-24 1:03 PM Any easy way to shave time off your OWS is to draft of someone slightly faster than you. When you draft you swim faster and use up to 50% less energy. Plus, then you don't have to sight as often, which can also slow you down. As long as you pick someone that swims straight... |
| 2006-03-24 12:37 PM in reply to: #378646 |
| Extreme Veteran 495 Stamford, CT | Subject: RE: 5k swim results-how can this be??? run4yrlif - 2006-03-24 1:07 PM QUOTE] As long as you pick someone that swims straight... Yes, very true |
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