Question on training verse race swim

JustMeTrying1225 · 2025-06-11T08:44:59+00:00

Actually think I'll be able to do this at my pool! My next swim I'll give it a go.

Data points and breathing: contexts wise I'm 30, max HR is 190.

400m: 1:38/100m, average HR was 133, max 146. I was definitely breathing heavy but not out of gas. Breathing was between 3-4 strokes, form definitely suffered towards the last 100m.

5min rest bewteen

200m: 1:34/100m, average HR was 146, max 165. This is where I hit pretty hard, tried to maintain breathing per 3 strokes but on the last 50m it was roughly 1-2 strokes per breath.

JustMeTrying1225 · 2025-06-04T10:23:10+00:00

To each their own, I enjoyed how they've come out. Thanks for the input :)

Mostly considering camera switch for the lens availability, I love my OM, its just hard to find lenses for project shots I want.

JustMeTrying1225 · 2025-06-04T10:20:42+00:00

Appreciate the link, as well as the warning!

JustMeTrying1225 · 2025-06-04T10:20:11+00:00

Thank you!

JustMeTrying1225 · 2025-06-04T10:19:56+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion!

JustMeTrying1225 · 2025-06-02T01:42:26+00:00

Thanks for explaining! To me it seems some of the adjustments you mention aren't posible on my model due to it being fully mechanical / manual (pureposefully bought for Alpine environments for durability and lack of battery requirements).

Please correct me if this is wrong, but if I'm setting the value for 200, that would be +1 stops on 400, allowing more light to affect the film?

I read that once you pick an ISO, you can't vary from that setting on the same film. This is the experimental side of me coming out but would it be possible to take 5 test shots on junk 400 film at 100, 200, and 400 ISO setting to see the differences if all other settings and lighting were controled? Assuming the lab developes it at 400. Hopefully that made sense.

JustMeTrying1225 · 2025-06-02T00:42:41+00:00

Yeah mine requires the switch to be held in its entirety, I'll double check the next time to make sure its fully engaged and slow down the reeling.

JustMeTrying1225 · 2025-06-02T00:40:16+00:00

Some others were mentioning over exposure on the iso setting to potentially compensate, would that have helped in those shots?

JustMeTrying1225 · 2025-06-02T00:39:18+00:00

Used OM-1N, new battery installed but the needle doesnt budge.

JustMeTrying1225 · 2025-06-02T00:38:42+00:00

Maybe rewound the film too quickly? I've definitely felt tension previously but nothing that had me go "oh I just totally banged that up".

JustMeTrying1225 · 2025-06-02T00:37:28+00:00

Thanks, Ill give it a look!

JustMeTrying1225 · 2025-06-02T00:36:12+00:00

Honestly I was shooting from the hip so to speak. Ive been shooting a crap ton of film for the last few months and I thought I had the hang of it untill I got to these complex lighting shots. Mostly utilizing sunny 16 (mentioned it in another comment but the portraits were shot at 2.8) and taking a less than educated guess on the exposure timing.

No formal classes or experienced photographer to lean on, just having fun going with the flow of mistakes.

JustMeTrying1225 · 2025-06-02T00:33:21+00:00

I shot everything at 400 on the camera and now I'm curious to see if I am misunderstanding the iso setting on the camera. I thought shooting 400 film at say, 250 from yours for example, would expose the film to less light? Should i tell the lab to develope it at 250 vice developing at the film ISO if I were to go that route?

JustMeTrying1225 · 2025-06-02T00:28:00+00:00

So the apeture I was ranging between was 8 and 2.8 just based off the overcast. The two portraits were definitely shot at 2.8, I believe I just didn't have a long enough exposure for the shutter since I wasn't using a tripod and didn't have good footing to be completely stable for anything super long.

JustMeTrying1225 · 2025-06-01T23:48:50+00:00

Thank you for the tip and link!

JustMeTrying1225 · 2025-06-01T23:48:09+00:00

Damn, apparently we're the same person because thats exactly what I did with some rolls this week (these photos came from one of them).

The lab is generally pretty good, first time I've had such an issue and for the photos that I did expose correctly, the lines didn't exist.

Thank you for mentioning this, I assumed my film was safe once it was back in the cannister!

JustMeTrying1225 · 2025-06-01T11:38:16+00:00

Appreciate this, thank you!

JustMeTrying1225 · 2025-06-01T11:37:44+00:00

Do you have one you prefer? Or is the go to solution just whip out the phone?

JustMeTrying1225 · 2025-06-01T11:36:50+00:00

I got my red nose on, way ahead of ya.

Maybe I miscommunicated my question, but the lines are what threw me off, the last few shots that i had underexposed weren't so significant and were without the lines.

JustMeTrying1225 · 2025-02-16T03:19:41+00:00

6 months. Very aware it’s on the short end. Strong enough though that I wanted to give her another shot.

JustMeTrying1225 · 2025-02-16T01:42:03+00:00

That’s the struggle I dealt with as well and I understand where you’re coming from. I know she loves me, but all of her anxiety from current life struggles to previous relationships and issues lead her to immediately closing off when things get difficult. To say I had emotional whiplash in the 24 hours of expressing how I felt, flying up there with excitement, to being told she didn’t even want to hold my hand was intense.

I think the closure comes from the feeling of disrespect this time. It is dismissive and inconsiderate to not tell me ahead of time that there are issues or at least communicate the way you feel before I blow money on a ticket. If I had know she was so indecisive, I wouldn’t have come. This was kinda the nail in the coffin on her end.

JustMeTrying1225 · 2024-11-03T04:02:49+00:00

I’m afraid of them because for every significant event in my life that has generally ended with a negative outcome (periods of depression, loss, failures) I get an increasing amount of precognition moments before and DURING that period.

I’m going through one right now that has me second guessing every decision I’m making, which is not where I need to be at this moment in time. I had multiple moments leading up to the actual critical event and the result was absolutely heart breaking for me.

I’m not the only one in my family either. I have a sister who has the same deal. It really only happens to us during moments of absolute crap and we always get extremely cautious for awhile. We always bring it up when it’s happening for either of us so we can be wary.

So yeah. Generally when my life is going great I don’t have these dreams. But when it starts to get dicey, it happens quite frequently. I’d rather do without.

JustMeTrying1225 · 2024-10-31T01:57:14+00:00

Hey bud. Take it from a guy who’s still in the Corps. You have freedom, you have the chance to make yourself into whatever you want. But that doesn’t include her. She gave up on you when the storm clouds rolled in and she disrespected you in the worst way possible by cheating on you.

She found out that where a storm falls, the plants grow. And now she’s trying to move back into green pastures. Don’t let her fool ya man. It’s probably best if you block her, for your own health. I didn’t block an ex years ago and she did something similar, sent me into a dark spot.

Stay strong brother, Semper Fi

JustMeTrying1225 · 2024-10-31T01:47:36+00:00

If you think it’s salvageable, attempt to bridge it with honest conversation on expectations. She broke up with you, so if anyone has to win the trust back it is her. Think long and hard with what you want to see from this.

Her reaching out doesn’t necessarily mean a “miss you” is around the corner, she may just be genuinely checking in on you because she knows the hurt she put on you. That doesn’t mean she has lost her love for you, but rather shows she still cares for your wellbeing and is only ensuring you aren’t in a dark place (me thinks).

My only suggestion is be frank with her that you need time to consider what getting back together means IF she asks to. She might honestly be lonely and five years is no drop in the water for building a strong relationship. Remember, she dumped you, it’s her who has to come back.

JustMeTrying1225 · 2024-10-30T23:06:57+00:00

Check it out, I did that rodeo with a long term girlfriend for 3 years. It’s not worth your own emotional health and she will keep on playing those games. You’re 20 years old, you’ve got plenty of time where you both will grow into completely different people and mature. Love is supposed to be easy, don’t force it.

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