Originally Posted by
adamtki
Does anyone have any swim times for comparison? If you can do 30s per 25 yards with a kick off the wall, what kind of time would you expect in an 800m open water (lake) triathlon?
800m = 875 yards = 35 pool lengths. So at 30s per 25yd... that's 30s*35 = 1050s or 17:30.
I would guess the kick off the wall gives me about 2s per pool length so I guess I would add 70s which would make it 18:40. But then, I don't know how much advantage a wet suit and drafting would get me. I also don't know exactly how the start and end points are situated (do you wade through the water a bit at the start and ends..?)
I'm not fast but am happy to offer my times for the exercise. I typically swim 1k in around 18 minutes in a 50m pool with minimal pushing off the wall. This is not a flat out time trial, this is my HIM/IM pace (1:48/100m). Recent IM swim (chest deep start) was 1.08 with short leg, sleeveless wetsuit = 1:47/100m.
Pros to consider
• wetsuit
• saltwater
Cons to consider:
• this is nearly 4 times the distance so there must obviously be some allowance for fatigue
• it's open ocean so not pool smooth
• this includes the run to T1 which was probably 150m in sand
• there was bad congestion at the turning buoys and last few hundred metres before the end
• I don't like to draft on the swim
The overall average male swim time was 1:33.