Weirdly Fast Swim Day

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2011-02-11 12:08 PM

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Subject: Weirdly Fast Swim Day
Do you ever hop in the pool and swim much faster than normal?

This morning I swam a 9:00/500 meter.  I do 500 meter time trails almost every swim workout (which means at least one a week) and I am usually in the 9:30-9:40 range.  I figured I must have missed counted my laps and simply swam a 450m instead.

But on my subsequent 200 meter sets I was swimming each 200 at around 3:30.  And I was swimming in my board shorts because my jammers were dirty! 

What gives?  The only thing I can think of was last night was the first night in a LONG time that I slept all the way through the night without my kids waking me up. 

Does random speed jumps happen to anyone else?

2011-02-11 12:10 PM
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Today was that day for me. I snuck in an extra lap or two in 30 minutes. I don't have a clue where they came from but the lap splits as I was going on say it was real and not a miscount.

Weird. Moon ascension or something like that, I'm sure.
2011-02-11 1:03 PM
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I think somebody shortened the pool on you.
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It happened to me once.  Turned out the pool clock was broken and running slow.
2011-02-11 1:29 PM
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Subject: RE: Weirdly Fast Swim Day
mrbbrad - 2011-02-11 11:03 AM I think somebody shortened the pool on you.

Yeah, I actually thought about this as sometimes they move the bulkhead to create a 25 yard pool instead of a 25 meter pool.  But I checked and it appeared to be normal.  Plus my stroke count was its normal amount.

It happened to me once.  Turned out the pool clock was broken and running slow.

That's a possibility, but its a digital clock with a seconds read out.  And its on a giant scoreboard-type display that they use for swim meets.  Probably not likely that the clock was slow.
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