Has anyone completed the 1 hour postal swim yet? If so, how did you do?
I missed 5,000 yards by 4 yards! So officially, since we have to "round down" I got 4995 yards.
BTW I am a 51 year old guy. What's weird to me is that I swam much better (well, 60 yards better) than last year, when I felt I was in significantly better shape. I also didn't get nearly as tired this year as last year.
Well I swam it tonight and all I can say is my body gave me a good old-fashioned ass kicking. I started out o.k., not great, but got a really bad cramp in my right lat at around the 27 minute mark. I seriously thought I would have to stop entirely, but after about 150 yards I worked through it. So I got back into it until my right calf cramped up severely at around 45 minutes! This lasted for around 200 yards. I think everyone's probably cramped up during workout and knows how difficult it is to swim with a bad one. It seemed like I just about came to a dead stop. Actually it raised my 100 times only by around two seconds, but the real damage is I was never able to get back to the 100 splits I was holding before the cramps. Maybe I should be happy I even finished!
I ended up swimming 4900 yards. 60 yards less than last year. It's really discouraging because I know I'm in better shape this year. Oh well :(
Well I swam it tonight and all I can say is my body gave me a good old-fashioned ass kicking. I started out o.k., not great, but got a really bad cramp in my right lat at around the 27 minute mark. I seriously thought I would have to stop entirely, but after about 150 yards I worked through it. So I got back into it until my right calf cramped up severely at around 45 minutes! This lasted for around 200 yards. I think everyone's probably cramped up during workout and knows how difficult it is to swim with a bad one. It seemed like I just about came to a dead stop. Actually it raised my 100 times only by around two seconds, but the real damage is I was never able to get back to the 100 splits I was holding before the cramps. Maybe I should be happy I even finished!
I ended up swimming 4900 yards. 60 yards less than last year. It's really discouraging because I know I'm in better shape this year. Oh well :(
