Holiday Traditions and Swim Challenges. What's yours?

I'm working on the 12 Days of Christmas challenge that Charlotte Brynn in Stowe, Vermont has dreamt up: Pick any 12 days in December and start on day 1 with 1,000 yards or meters. The next day do 2,000. On the third day do 3,000 and so on, increasing the distance each day by an additional 1,000 yards or meters until you get to 12,000 on the 12 day of the challenge. I just did day 5, and I'm already dragging. One week to go! We also have a tradition here of doing 100 x 100 the day after Thanksgiving and on New Year's Eve. Got me wondering about what other special events and challenges other swimmers have during the holiday season. Got a fun workout with reindeer games? Or a special polar plunge event? Or some set workout you do every year like the 100 x 100 that you do with your team just for fun or as a fundraiser? If so, let me know! I'm interested to hear how other swimmers around the country ring in the New year and celebrate this festive season in swimming style.
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    We did something similar last night - Whole session 3125m (it was meant to be 3000m but I changed a couple of bits around) 12 lengths of front crawl 11 singles fly kick 10 50s free pull 9 singles fly swim 8 50s backstroke 7 singles *** drill 6 half length form sprints (drift to 25) 5 hundreds IM 2500 4 doggy paddle 3 50s build 2 singles fly and 200 metre swim down Quite a tough challenge - our top lane did it in ~65 minutes, metres. We let the lanes manage their own rest and didn't give too much instruction otherwise (to fit the song!)
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  • Former Member
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    We did something similar last night - Whole session 3125m (it was meant to be 3000m but I changed a couple of bits around) 12 lengths of front crawl 11 singles fly kick 10 50s free pull 9 singles fly swim 8 50s backstroke 7 singles *** drill 6 half length form sprints (drift to 25) 5 hundreds IM 2500 4 doggy paddle 3 50s build 2 singles fly and 200 metre swim down Quite a tough challenge - our top lane did it in ~65 minutes, metres. We let the lanes manage their own rest and didn't give too much instruction otherwise (to fit the song!)
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