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.
I'm now convinced that the best way to do the one hour swim is to do it as a set.
After swimming 5405 last year, I faced the daunting situation of ageing up during the month of January, and (gasp) having the unique "opportunity" to swim it twice.
The first time a couple weeks ago, I ended up doing it long course. So the set was 9 x 500 @ 6:40, holding 6:15. It certainly broke up the swim. I wish I had looked at the calculations a little better, because my converted yards distance was just shy of 5000. Of course, you don't get any credit for losing all those turns when doing it long course, which is too bad.
I think the second one will be today. Probably 10 x 500 @ 6:00 or perhaps a bit faster to hit the 5000, and call it a day.
-Rick
I'm now convinced that the best way to do the one hour swim is to do it as a set.
After swimming 5405 last year, I faced the daunting situation of ageing up during the month of January, and (gasp) having the unique "opportunity" to swim it twice.
The first time a couple weeks ago, I ended up doing it long course. So the set was 9 x 500 @ 6:40, holding 6:15. It certainly broke up the swim. I wish I had looked at the calculations a little better, because my converted yards distance was just shy of 5000. Of course, you don't get any credit for losing all those turns when doing it long course, which is too bad.
I think the second one will be today. Probably 10 x 500 @ 6:00 or perhaps a bit faster to hit the 5000, and call it a day.
-Rick
