Groups/

Chlorine addicted

Chio
Chio Sendmail

2nd "Guess Your Time" 500 / 1000 Challenge

posted almost 3 years ago | Report

Let's give this another whirl and see if we can garner more interest this time!

The concept of a "guess your time" swim is very simple:

(a) Post what you think you can swim for a 500 and/or 1000 by Friday, 31 July;
(b) Start your watch and swim a 500 and/or 1000 without looking at it until you finish;
(c) Come back and post your actual 500 and/or 1000 time by Sunday, 30 August;
(d) Whoever gets closest to their estimated time wins!

For example, if Swimmer A posts 8:00 for their 500 and swims 8:20, their time difference would be 0:20. If Swimmer B posts 10:00 and swims 9:55, their time difference would be 0:05. Swimmer C posts 9:00 and swims 8:00, their time difference is 1:00. Swimmer B wins! Same format for the 1000.

The challenge will include two distances -- 500 and 1000 -- to be swum in SCY, SCM, LCM, whatever you fancy. Sign up for one or the other… or both! Please be honest when you come back to post your actual times.

Here's a pace chart that you can use to figure out your times: http://www.usms.org/longdist/intervalpacechart.pdf

Winners of each distance will be announced on Monday, 31 August. Good luck!

Respond

11 posts

scroll to bottom
  • Stuart
    Stuart Sendmail

    Cool. Sounds good. I reckon for 500m I can do 9 mins 20 secs and 1000m in 19 mins 15 secs. I'll keep ya posted!

    posted almost 3 years ago | Report

  • Aki
    Aki Sendmail

    Okay - not sure about my times... have to calculate a distance I don't usually swim in my weird 36m pool!
    500m, 14 lengths... errr I'm with Stu on a 9:20, at a push!
    1000m, 28 lengths... should be a bit faster than the aquathlon as it's a shorter pool so 19:30.
    I guess we only get one shot at this... gonna be weird trying to pace myself to this!

    posted almost 3 years ago | Report

  • Stuart
    Stuart Sendmail

    I can't believe it (and you won't either). Just done 2k in two halves. First 1k took 19 minutes 7 seconds. Only 8 seconds out!! I wasn't even trying to pace myself to this time.

    I didn't look at 500m unfortunately.

    The second K was rubbish at 20 minutes 21 seconds. Means I did 2K in 39m 28s.

    posted almost 3 years ago | Report

  • Chio
    Chio Sendmail

    @Stuart & Aki - Please bear with me as I get used to these "new" names ;) Thanks for accepting the challenge! I've added your names and times to my super high-tech Excel spreadsheet.

    @Stuart - 0:08 off a 1000 is fantastic!

    I plan to do both 500 and 1000, but am gonna give myself a few more days to come up with my entry times.

    posted almost 3 years ago | Report

  • Aki
    Aki Sendmail

    Phew, a quick lunch time swim :)
    Okay, I'm a bit of a pleb so was having real difficulty remembering how many lengths I was supposed to do. But I've got the results :)
    500m - 9:23
    1000m - 18:51
    Am 3 secs out on the 500m, but 39secs off the 1km... A shorter pool really makes the difference huh? I'm only 2.5 secs slower than the 500m... err I guess that means I should have pushed the 500m more?

    posted almost 3 years ago | Report

  • Aki
    Aki Sendmail

    @ Stu - Nice one on the 1k - you've gotta get in a time for the 500m now! Come on boyo!

    posted almost 3 years ago | edited almost 3 years ago | Report

  • Chio
    Chio Sendmail

    @Aki - Nice steady pace there. Good job! I've added your times to the spreadsheet :)

    I'm gonna say... 6:30 for the 500 and 13:43 for the 1000. Game on!

    posted almost 3 years ago | Report

  • Chio
    Chio Sendmail

    I did 2 x 500s last night. The first one was to get the body going after taking a week-long "summer vacay". Was a bit worried after being 0:17 off my guestimation. Got it down to 0:05 on the 2nd 500. Phew!

    http://www.dailymile.com/people/chiopet/entries/367042

    I've decided to forfeit the 1000. After a summer of OW swimming and distance sets, my brain can no longer process anything over a 500!

    posted almost 3 years ago | Report

  • Aki
    Aki Sendmail

    Forfeit the 1000? Is Chio backing down from her own challenge?!
    Good effort on the 5 secs off 500m guestimate, but I beat you! ;)

    Stu, get onto that 500m ya slacker!

    posted almost 3 years ago | Report

  • Chio
    Chio Sendmail

    THE RESULTS ARE IN! :: drum roll ::

    Distance Guess Actual Difference
    500 Aki 09:20 09:23 00:03
    500 Chio 06:30 06:25 00:05

    Distance Guess Actual Difference
    1000 Stuart 19:15 19:07 00:08
    1000 Aki 19:30 18:51 00:39

    Congrats to Aki in the 500 and Stu in the 1000! C-y'all again in a few months?

    @Aki - Meanie! I'm gonna make you do the next challenge all fly!

    posted over 2 years ago | Report

  • Aki
    Aki Sendmail

    YAY!!! What do I win??? ;) Oh - I get energy gels, will have to wait for those ;) Fly? yeah that'll be easy to do - infinity, I'd never make it to 500m!

    posted over 2 years ago | Report

Other Topics in the Chlorine addicted Forum