Holy moly, I'm getting confused....
Like all of us, I learned early on that a mile is defined as 5280'. Simple math coverts 5280' to 1760 yards. But now I've read that a mile in the pool is 1500 meters, or about 1640 yards. :worms:
I swim at a pool that is 25 yards long, so is a mile 66 lengths (or 1650 yards) of a pool, or is it 70 lengths?
I've also heard folks referring to a lap as what I have always thought of as a length...again I swim at a pool that is 25 yards in length....so isn't a "lap" in this case 50 yards (down and back)?
Please set me straight!
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"a lap" is something that you end where you began.
Dan
That's how I've always understood it. Down and back in a pool is one lap.
A quick Google search shows that's how its defined as well:
Definition of a lap
From there:
a stage in a swim consisting of two lengths of a pool.
"a lap" is something that you end where you began.
Dan
That's how I've always understood it. Down and back in a pool is one lap.
A quick Google search shows that's how its defined as well:
Definition of a lap
From there:
a stage in a swim consisting of two lengths of a pool.