Originally Posted by
ArgoMan
Hey all. So I've been swimming in a pool that I at first thought was 25 yards long. Then someone told me it was 27 yards. I learned today it's 29 yards. I think I knew that at some time, but somehow it got in my mind that it was 27. Who makes a 29 yard pool? Anyhoo, I don't time myself often, but I figured I'd time myself and do a proper calculation. Over 1,500 yards today, not including warmup laps, I was at 2 minutes and 3 seconds per 100 yards. So, essentially 30 seconds per 25 yards. Does that sound right? I can go all day, but I don't think I'm the fastest dude out there.
There's a ton of SCM (Short Course Meter) pools out there that would be a bit of 27 yards. I've also seen a few older pools that are 33 yards (There's one at a local club). I also will occasionally swim in a 50M tank that has a bulkhead that they move. So when it is "set" for 25 yards on one side, the other side is a really random length somewhere around 30 yards.
29 yards sounds odd to me, but if it's not a pool used for competition then there's really no hard reason to stick to a standard distance.