[Chris the Wheeler]

Ok. After a week of just swimming the distance without the clock running I decided to time it. Why? I don't know. I was feeling good and it seemed like the thing to do at the time<br><br>
1 mile in the pool:<br><br><span style="font-size:x-large;"><span style="color:#0000FF;">31:05</span></span><br><br>
I'll take it for a first timed mile.<br><br>
Also, worked on some kind of a crawl/freestyle. Almost manged to drown myself.

 

[LeftRightRepeat]

Uh...<br><br>
Not to question your capability but... Weren't you just celebrating being under 12 minutes for 400 yards? That would be like 54 minute mile pace. Either you had a breakthrough... Or you gotta check the math.

 

[Chris the Wheeler]

I agree. I'm gonna swim it again tonight on the clock.<br><br>
Maybe I messed up the count or the distance and the number of lengths. Help me out here my math sucks. In a 25 yard pool, how many lengths?

 

[LeftRightRepeat]

1 mile = 5,280 feet = 1,760 yards.<br><br>
1,760y / 25y = 70.4 lengths or 35.2 laps.<br><br>
Most folks round that up to 36 laps or 1,800 yards and call that a mile. I think of 9 laps as a 1/4.

 

[Chris the Wheeler]

Thanks Professor.<br><br>
I was told by the pool director 36 was just over a mile. Most likely he was talking laps, I heard lengths. That splains it. <img alt="notworthy.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/notworthy.gif">

 

[Stitcher]

And, just to cloud the issue....<br>
swimmers will call 1650 yds a mile race.<br><img alt="smile.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/smile.gif">

 

[LeftRightRepeat]

Only confused swimmers.<br><br>
The confusion comes from the fact that 1 mile = 1609 meters. If you're swimming in a 25 <span style="text-decoration:underline;">meter</span> pool, 33 laps is 1650 meters and gets swum as a mile for the same reason that 1,800 yards gets swum as a mile in a 25 <span style="text-decoration:underline;">yard</span> pool - it's the first lap count to exceed the mile distance.<br><br>
So... 1650 <span style="text-decoration:underline;">meters</span> is thought of as a mile swim. Swimmers confused about the difference between yards and meters call 1650 <span style="text-decoration:underline;">yards</span> a mile. It's not.

 

[ForceD]

That's only 93.75% of a mile. By this reasoning I can call 468 yards a 500 yard swim, and 93.75 yards a 100 yard swim.<br><br>
I'm suddenly feeling much faster.<br><br>
Dan

 

[Stitcher]

he he he...<br><br>
Yet, in meets.....<br>
short course.....<br><br>
they'll say "mile" race when the distance is 1650...<br>
long course the "mile" is 1500 meters.<br><br>
This is a never ending confusion/discussion......<br>
I think that's why most swimmers just count in hundreds of yards or meters when they calculate their workouts. THey don't go up to the mile as a "counter"....except possibly for a weekly/monthly/yearly total.