No - not that kind of streak swimming, you naughty monkey...
First:
I was just wondering if anyone keeps track of the number of consecutive days that they have been swimming without a day off. You get to decide what distance/type of workout constitutes a workout, I suppose. The challenge here might be swimming on holidays unless you live in the South or southern California or unless you are a member of several pools including one at a Jewish Community Center (some are open on Christmas).
Second:
Does anyone keep track of total accumulated lifetime mileage/kilometerage (is that a word?)?
This sort of discussion is common in the running world (I had 11 years+ of racewalking without a day off until I injured my back), but I'm not sure I've ever seen it discussed in swimming.
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Points well taken. However, what I was getting at was not any form of advocacy nor a desire to participate in streak swimming. I was merely curious to see where the extreme elements would be. I suppose what I was really hoping for was stories of the type where "I did laps in my kid's wading pool one day when the pool was closed in order to keep my streak going." There is an association of "streak runners" and some of the stories that come out of that are interesting, if not a bit OCD.
As to total lifetime mileage, again, just curious.
For myself, I do prefer to do more swimming than less, if only because it is the only thing that controls my back pain and more swimming is definately better. WRT "people" like Paul Smith, I believe that they are the vanguard of some aquatic-based alien race intent on world domination. DNA testing would prove this.
:cool:
-LBJ
Points well taken. However, what I was getting at was not any form of advocacy nor a desire to participate in streak swimming. I was merely curious to see where the extreme elements would be. I suppose what I was really hoping for was stories of the type where "I did laps in my kid's wading pool one day when the pool was closed in order to keep my streak going." There is an association of "streak runners" and some of the stories that come out of that are interesting, if not a bit OCD.
As to total lifetime mileage, again, just curious.
For myself, I do prefer to do more swimming than less, if only because it is the only thing that controls my back pain and more swimming is definately better. WRT "people" like Paul Smith, I believe that they are the vanguard of some aquatic-based alien race intent on world domination. DNA testing would prove this.
:cool:
-LBJ
