Field instrument · 01 · From: The Clock Is Honest, But It Is Not the Whole Athlete
Three Readings of a Swim
A short reading exercise for the car ride home. Read every swim three ways before deciding what the time means.
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Example reading
A fourteen-year-old swims the 200 LCM freestyle in 2:14.81 at a regional championship. Her PB going in was 2:14.39. The AAAA cut sits at 2:13.40. The swim was full-taper.
Reading 1 (record): 2:14.81 in the 200 LCM freestyle.
Reading 2 (development): Within 0.42 of her PB, with a 0.40 gap from the cut. Split pattern would show whether the back-half pacing changed since the last race.
Reading 3 (held carefully): “I am too slow” is not in the data. The clock said 2:14.81. It did not say she is not a swimmer.
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