Except without the muscles or personality (at least here)
or fighting.
No, actually it won’t be anything like WWF will it? As you were.
I think I’m the opposite.
I think I’m a lot better than I actually am 
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I just feel a little cheated as I don’t think I’m too far from a sub 6 (6:15PB) & thought I might be able to join in but you’ve both burst my bubble 
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Probably could have predicted from your previous training, but very good diesel engine with not much drop off!
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Go on @Chriswim, what’s your 400m PB? Just have this gut feeling it’s going to make us all feel like crawling back to bed.
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May be wrong, but think we are similar ages?
Does the 50 x 50 x 50 x 50 challenge appeal? 50 x 50m off 50 seconds , on your 50th birthday.
(set this q up for a 1 word answer, haven’t I 
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Proper PB is 3:56 10 years ago, or 4:01 in 50m. Never quite got the elusive sub-4 long course.
Nowadays hammerers guess of 4:30 is probably my best trained target for a 25m pool. Haven’t tested for a very long time, but did 9x400 descending 1-3 easy medium hard ~4:48 long course in a session at my best before NZ.
Coincidentally it is on my list for a start of season benchmark to do some efforts and establish drop-off.
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beggar me that’s fast 
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That would be this Saturday coming, the 20th.
However, I only have a Povvo membership at DL, so would have to be on Friday
However, if off of 50s is 1:40 pace I refer you to this from April
There were “rests” of 3-5s every 200m to press the lap button and then look at the lap time, then start again, so 3200m in total
Think that puts me under the required speed/pace 
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Swim fitness has dropped a bit in the last few weeks, so was glad to dip under 6:00
Last 100m was tough but think my 100m splits were pretty even.
I
I think 100 x 100m off 2:00
or
400m under 5:50
1000m under 15:00
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For me:
No way in a million years I’m doing the first 
The second feels like a stretch right now, but a nice target.
Did the third back in April 
Got my numbers wrong
Meant 1000m under 15:00
Basically 1:30 pace
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ah that’s different 
3 1/2 years since I did it last
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Nice
I have a hunch I might have dipped under 15 minutes at Taunton aquathlon 1km/10km some time around 2006/2007/2008. But couldn’t swear on it. Anyway, it some how seems harder work when you’re nearer 50 than 30.
Would like to aim for it as a stretch goal though, having easy access to water at the moment.
Edit: you monster, you then did a 1500m in 23 mins in the same session
That’s amazing. I did a 4:10 in a 25m.
Now? I’d be happy with 6:10.
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all the fish are coming out of the coral now
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Reckon I could just about dip under 8 mins if that makes you feel any better?
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Yeah, just swim with myself or Bongo and you won’t need to worry about hungry marine life, we’ll be the bait 
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