From: majland@nork.auc.dk (Anders Majland Pedersen)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.swimming
Subject: Re: how fast? (Meters<>yards)
Date: 15 Oct 92 00:22:13 GMT
	<1992Oct13.182312.21933@walter.bellcore.com>
Organization: /user/majland/.organization

In article <1992Oct13.182312.21933@walter.bellcore.com> kenl@origami.cc.bellcore.com (Ken Lehner) writes:

   

   In article <1992Oct13.032329.14535@m.cs.uiuc.edu>, watanabe@milton.cs.uiuc.edu (Larry Watanabe) floats a question:
   |> Here's a question that maybe is easier for poorer
				      ?????????????????
   |> swimmers to answer:
   |> 
   |> How fast can an "average" person get?
		      ?????????
   

   My data point:  I learned to swim when I was little, but never trained or
   swam competitively until I was 26.  I entered a Master's program, and went
   26.59 (yup, I still remember my first swim meet, in 1985) for 50y free
   (hey, since I was 26.7 years old, is there anyone else out there who went
   "under their age" in their first 50y free???) in the first meet.  My
   progression (fastest times in 50/100/200/500, x means didn't do it):

   26: 24.9/57?/x/6:26 (ouch) (~3600y for 1 hour)
   27: 24.05/53.?/2:04/x
   28: 23.51/52.05/1:57.4/? (first shave!) (swimming 5-7 days/week)
   29: 23.30/52.8/1:58/? (too many 75s, not enough 150s)
   30: 23.17/51.26/1:54.2/5:39
   31: ?/51.22/1:53.05/5:17.9 (turning to distance)
   32: (stopped swimming for meets; now into triathlons)
   34: did 4765 for one hour swim, 11:42 for 1000y

   I've been working in the pool with a 24yr old biathlete turning
   triathlete; after ~2-3 months, he did a 26.9/1:02.x in his first meet.

First a simple question : Whats the relation between meters and yards
And then a little about myself.
I'm 21 years and studying at Aalborg University in Denmark. So most of 
the day i'm just sitting on my bum.
To help on my overall fitness im swimming 2 or 3 times a week, and since 
there is 10+ Kilometre between my home and the nearets pool, i cycle a bit to.

But back to times 
I usually swim at "full speed" for an hour, and then about 500 meter to relax
with full speed i mean 3 times 1000 meter frestyle, with 500 meter
breast stoke put in between.

I pay about 25 dollers a month, for the  acces to the pool, which 
i think is a lot since my monthly income is only about 420 dollers 
from which i pay 185 in rent.

See You

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Anders Majland Pedersen		 	AUC 	majland@aud.auc.dk 
Institute for Electronic Systems  		  d502i@kom.auc.dk
Aalborg University (AUC)		Private	majland@nork.auc.dk
Denmark                                 FTP   carlsberg.nork.auc.dk
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Anders Majland Pedersen		 	AUC 	majland@aud.auc.dk 
Institute for Electronic Systems  		  d502i@kom.auc.dk
Aalborg University (AUC)		Private	majland@nork.auc.dk
Denmark                                 FTP   carlsberg.nork.auc.dk
						        192.38.54.8 
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	DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY, AND HOPE IT WORKS !

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