Did you achieve your GTD goal this year? I hope you all are pleased with your 2019 Go the Distance results! I set a goal for 300 miles, and I have just 1,500 yards left to go. I'm on my way to the pool for a 2,500 yard workout, so I'll make it today! :banana: I'm going to celebrate by trying out my new Finis monofin. :D
My 300 miles for the year pale in comparison to two of my Georgia Masters teammates, Pat Eddy and Chris Greene who each swam over 2,000 miles for the year! I will be writing about them in an article for the Georgia Masters Newsletter, and one of the questions I want to ask is: How do you prevent repetitive stress injuries swimming so much mileage?
I kept 2019 injury-free by doing a daily 20-minute pre-swim dynamic stretching warm-up, and a lot of static stretching and yoga following my swim sessions. I also do 3 x week Theraband exercises, sit-ups, and push-ups. (I'm now up to 100 military push-ups per session as sets of 15 and one fast ten push-up set at the end.)
What was your GTD goal for 2019? Did you achieve it? What is your GTD goal for 2020? (Mine is 300 miles again.) Good luck, and HAPPY NEW YEAR! :party2: :wine:
I didn't really "set" a specific goal for year's end. But, my 2019 total swimming mileage is going to be about 85 miles more than 2018, and at almost 59 years old, it will actually be my highest mileage year of my life (swimming since my early 20s). About this time a year ago I decided that I would take part in an early August marathon swim. At just about seven miles, it would be my longest open water swim in several years, and longer by a couple of miles. Consequently, training up for it increased my weekly mileage. And, since that swim I've maintained a somewhat higher weekly mileage. My plan is to do the same swim again this coming summer, and maybe a longer one...so I'm already ahead on my training. (My annual bicycling mileage is going to be about 800 miles more, and my running miles also up by about 80 miles.)
Dan
I didn't really "set" a specific goal for year's end. But, my 2019 total swimming mileage is going to be about 85 miles more than 2018, and at almost 59 years old, it will actually be my highest mileage year of my life (swimming since my early 20s). About this time a year ago I decided that I would take part in an early August marathon swim. At just about seven miles, it would be my longest open water swim in several years, and longer by a couple of miles. Consequently, training up for it increased my weekly mileage. And, since that swim I've maintained a somewhat higher weekly mileage. My plan is to do the same swim again this coming summer, and maybe a longer one...so I'm already ahead on my training. (My annual bicycling mileage is going to be about 800 miles more, and my running miles also up by about 80 miles.)
Dan
