Whats your time??? (swimming 100m time) (Page 5)

Last meet was 1:08 100m free, 1:30 100m breast

Short course meters

Edited by nevergivin 2009-11-20 4:00 PM

Short course with a wall start - 1:15 . . . but it wasn't all out .

agree, but I think there are direct benefits as well. Topic has been beaten into the ground but bottom line, if you can flip, you do.

I don't do flip turns, for my own reasons, and I'd say open water is my strong point.

Flip turns take the possibilty of using the wall as a crutch(extra rest) out of the equation, so I'd agree that they are good to learn. Not that not doing them is going to hold you back either.

Ooh - nice time.

Any good links?  I'm always willing to learn something new.

Times in yards:

Best 100 free 47.5 (HighSchool)... 

Best College swims 15 years ago:  200 Fly 1:48.9, 400 IM 3:56

Fastest mile run:  8:00


You can guess how much I get passed as the race goes on....   but cycling and running is much more enjoyable than swimming!!!

Back in high school I could go 1:02 for the 100yd free...haven't raced (not in a tri) since then (~7 years... wow...) I think maybe I could swim a 1:05 or so now...how I miss swim team...

Well off the block in short course yards my best is a 53.74; for a 500 in SCY I average about a 1:01. I have no idea meters, I haven't swam long course In two or three years

that is impressive!

Edited by AndrewStrohmeier 2009-11-21 1:47 PM

Agree - if you can flip, you do.  Flip turns should be done from the core - and correct swim form should involve power from the core.  I believe that will help indirectly in the ows.  I also think it is good practice in lung capacity - especially if you push yourself to take a pull or two before breathing.  I would agree also that if does help boost your comfort in the water.  All of that being said, nothing is going to help in OWS like practicing your OWS.

Those are some great times! Over the past few years I have noticed more and more swimmers getting into triathlon, especially the Oly distance. It can be pretty lonely out there on the bike for the first part of the ride then down right depressing as the runners fly by you like you're standing still.

The great thing about swimming is that it really helps keep you flexible. Swimming with fins stretches out your ankles, especially if you have a "runners" kick. (That's the kick that you go backwards ) Doing flip turns stretches the back and hamstrings, very important if you don't have a good stretching routine after your runs. I notice this when I don't swim for a while, my ankles are sore, my hamstrings tighten to where I can barely touch the ground and I even get cramps in my shins when I start running. A couple weeks in the pool and I feel "lubed" up.

Sorry to hijack the thread. Best yd times:

100 Free (now - ~:58, 20yrs ago - :50.0 was a split for the 200 free)
500 Free (now - ~5:45, 20 yrs ago - 4:42)
1000 Free (now - ~11:45, 20 yrs ago 9:53 was a split for a 1650)

This past summer...1:12 SCY.
Once upon a time 53.5 SCY.
Although I was NOT a sprinter or a freestyler really.

not sure how it would be more realistic, as the OP asked for peoples 100 times and they answered with them, but here you go, all from open water races/tris.

best:
2000m 26:30 for 1:17 per 100
800m 9:56 for 1:10 per 100
best 100 :59.

no swim background, taught myself to swim 4 years ago when i started tris. still get smoked by the real swimmers.

3:56 400IM? Not saying this is not true but considering Phelp's best time is around 4:07 I guess I am wondering why we didn't see you in the Olympics.

My best standalone 100 free off the wall is 1:04

3:56 is for Short Course Yards. It's still pretty fast though. Olympics is Long Course Meters so the times are slower.

3:56 is *way* beyond "pretty fast" considering the qualifying cut for short course nationals next month is 4:00.99. Since he swam that 15 years ago, I'd call that "really, really, really fast". His 200 fly time is in the same catagory...

Four years ago, on BT, you'd find only 4 or 5 people faster than me in the pool. Now there are 40.

100m short course:
2 years ago: 56.7
Now: probably 1:04

People are getting faster these days.
When I used to swim in high school (8 years ago), breaking 2 minutes in the 200m would let you race with the big boys. Now, little teenagers are breaking that barrier like bread. 1:57 is the minimum now.