Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!ucsd!sdcsvax!ucsdhub!hp-sdd!ncr-sd!ncrlnk!uunet!mcvax!ukc!warwick!rlvd!wjh From: wjh@inf.rl.ac.uk (Bill Hewitt) Newsgroups: sci.bio Subject: Re: Fat Swimmers Message-ID: <4387@rlvd.UUCP> Date: 22 Nov 88 16:18:54 GMT References: <78300004@p.cs.uiuc.edu> <20800004@m.cs.uiuc.edu> Reply-To: wjh@inf.rl.ac.uk (Bill Hewitt) Organization: Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot. UK. Lines: 22 In article <20800004@m.cs.uiuc.edu> carey@m.cs.uiuc.edu writes: > >More fat = more buoyancy. More buoyancy less body in the water, less >drag. > >It might also be a response to being in cold water all the time, >but that is speculation. Why is the original article comparing swimmers to long distance runners ? The longest racing distance for a swimmer is 1500m This will take a leading swimmer somewhere in the region of 15 minutes to complete. This is not a fair comparison with the 2 hours it takes to complete a marathon ! -- Bill Hewitt, UUCP: ..!mcvax!ukc!rlinf!wjh Science & Engineering Research Council, JANET: wjh@uk.ac.rl.inf Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0QX. U.K. Tel: (0235) 44 6713 If no one seems to understand start your own revolution cut out the middle man !