As part of the the USMS Fitness Committee's ongoing efforts to encourage new and exciting forms of fitness, we'd like to get a feel for what you do for fun in the pool.
Today's topic:
“It’s My Birthday and I’ll Swim if I Want to”
Many swimmers do special things for a birthday swim such as swimming their age number of 50’s or 100’s. Some may be even more creative! What do you do?
My birthday is Valentine's Day and the Auburn Masters meet is the weekend closest to that, so that's pretty cool.
I'm turning 36, which is a square number, so I'll try to come up with something relating to that. I could always do 6 x 600 or 6 sets of 6 x 100 but maybe I (or you!) can come up with something more creative.
(One of the perils of being the child of a mathematician is that you are always looking for "cool" features of numbers.)
I have a round birthday coming later this year, and being a math nerd myself, I will have to think of something. This discussion reminds of an article I read about the person who "runs" (both on foot and administratively) the Boston Marathon. He started running his age in miles on his 12th birthday and has continued ever since. He just turned 57...He has since spread the mileage over a number of days. As he puts it "my game my rules."
My birthday is Valentine's Day and the Auburn Masters meet is the weekend closest to that, so that's pretty cool.
I'm turning 36, which is a square number, so I'll try to come up with something relating to that. I could always do 6 x 600 or 6 sets of 6 x 100 but maybe I (or you!) can come up with something more creative.
(One of the perils of being the child of a mathematician is that you are always looking for "cool" features of numbers.)
I have a round birthday coming later this year, and being a math nerd myself, I will have to think of something. This discussion reminds of an article I read about the person who "runs" (both on foot and administratively) the Boston Marathon. He started running his age in miles on his 12th birthday and has continued ever since. He just turned 57...He has since spread the mileage over a number of days. As he puts it "my game my rules."
