Calculate Swim T-pace minus 3 seconds

Nemo Brauch

This is a pretty basic question- I'm ashamed for not knowing the answer!  But which of the following is the correct way to calculate the total interval time for a set where the target pace is " T-pace minus 3 seconds", the Interval is 400 meters, and the T-Pace is 2:00?

Option 1: ( 2:00-3) * 400 = 7:48

or

Option 2:  (2:00*400)-3 = 7:57

ironmikega

Option 1.

Nemo Brauch

Posted By Mike Schubert on 26 Mar 2015 01:40 PM


Option 1.

I was afraid of that!

Al Truscott

What Plan is that in? I've seen "race pace minus 3s"; T-3s seems awful fast if the total work distance is greater than , say, 800 m.

Nemo Brauch

Half Ironman plan. There's rest after the interval, so it actually reads like this on the plan:

300 (20") @ T-pace minus 2

But I didn't want to confuse or complicate my question by including the rest time.