Swim

Objective and evaluation metrics

I am planning to go back to swim and this time I have 60 minutes to practice swim as best as I can. The main objectives for this initial stage are:

  1. List the steps to execute in order to ensure leave my main door of my place and back to the same door within 60 minutes.
  2. Reach a swim speed of 1500 meters / 30 minutes = 50 meters per minute free style. This is because my shoulder requires recovering.
  3. Analyze whether the list of steps can be standarized in my dailly life.

Steps to ensure 60 minutes

This is an iterative process and as it is expected, the initial results only set the start point or pilot scenario. Each section requires to be detailed as specific as possible to show what actions were executed during that period. These sub-parts required are part of the data collection, as they are going to help to list the steps required to have an optimized procedure.

I divided the whole process in parts

PART I; Go to pool

  1. home-readerIn: Time spend from my door to swimming pool card reader.
  2. readerIn-room: Time spend from after passing the card reader until the changing room
  3. room-pool: Time spend from the changing room to the entrance of the pool

PART II: Swim

  1. Laps: Number of laps during 30 minutes

PART III: Go back home

  1. pool-room: Time spend from entrance pool until chaging-room
  2. room-shower-room: Time spend to have a shower and back to the changing room
  3. room-readerOut: Time spend form changing room to the exit card reader machines
  4. readerOut-home: Time spend from the exit card reaader in the pool to main door home

Data collection

NOTES:

  • Time in minutes and seconds
date-time home-readerIn readerIn-room room-pool laps pool-room room-shower-room room-readerOut readerOut-home
20211010 16:30 8 3 4 8 2 8 6 2

Expanding steps

PART I: Go to pool

  1. home-readerIn: Time spend from my door to swimming pool card reader.

    1.1 Find the best path to minize distance

  2. readerIn-room: Time spend from after passing the card reader until the changing room

    2.1 Meassure queue times

    2.2 is there a time in the day where less people go to swim?

  3. room-pool: Time spend from the changing room to the entrance of the pool

    3.1 Time spend on taking out cloths

    3.2 How swim gears are located in the bag

    3.3 How cloths are places in the locker? the order matters to reduce searching

    3.4 Steps and places to put clothes and swim gears

    3.5 Procedure to un-dress in less time possible

    3.6 Procedure to allocate the items in the bag to minimize time used at home

PART II: Swim
  1. Laps: Number of laps during 30 minutes
PART III: Go back home

  1. pool-room: Time spend from entrance pool until chaging-room

    5.1 When to take out my keys so I do not waste time at the door of the locker

  2. room-shower-room: Time spend to have a shower and back to the changing room

    6.1 How to order and locate shower items to it reduce time to get them and go to shower

    6.2 How to shower properly in less time possible? list steps

  3. room-readerOut: Time spend form changing room to the exit card reader machines

    7.1 Procedure to dress in lest time

    7.2 Procedure to place back all items in the back

    7.3 Procedure to dry hair, dry feet and wear shocks and shoes before leaving the changing rooms

    7.4 Where to put the swimming card to it is easy to get. Avoid searching

  4. readerOut-home: Time spend from the exit card reaader in the pool to main door home

    8.1 Look for the fastest path to reach home and normal speed.

    8.2 Drink water while walking?