The
Hour Swim
Every year during the month of January
· Great Bay Masters who swam the Hour in 2004
The Hour Swim is a USMS event where swim as far as you can during an hour. Swimmers can do any stroke, change strokes during the swim, stop and rest, and even get out before the hour is through. Those who just can't relate to distance swimming have done it as a set instead of a long straight swim (60 x 50 @ 1:00, for example).
Hour Swim Rating
Masters swimmers span a broad age range and both genders. How does one person's hour swim distance measure up to another's? Here is one attempt to establish a fair rating factor. On the graph presented below, the USMS Hour Swim record distance is plotted against the minimum age of each age group. A parabola is fit to the men's records, and to the women's records. Each curve represents a theoretical "100%" rating distance for all ages. The Hour Swim Rating equations follow:
Hour Swim Rating (men) = (your yardage) / (5493.1076 + 36.4825 * (your age) -
0.7612 * (your age)2)
Hour Swim Rating (women) = (your yardage) / (5377.4586 + 24.1911 * (your age) - 0.6790 * (your age)2 )
Hour Swim Rating Factor: Equations and graphs
Online “Hour Swim Rating” Calculator
Click on the following link to calculate your Hour Swim Rating!
NELMSC Swimmers in the Hour Swim
Below are the all time best performances for NELMSC swimmers in the Hour swim, and a ranking of NELMSC swimmers using the Hour Swim Rating Factor defined above.
All Time Best Hour Swim Performances: NELMSC WOMEN
All Time Best Hour Swim Performances: NELMSC MEN
2003 NELMSC Hour Swim
performances listed by Rating Factor
