5000! Warning--swimming related thread

Originally posted by TheGoodSmith People.... people.... people....... Remember, this is just Masters Swimming. If you are going over 4,000 a day in the pool, you need to get out of the pool and go home to your family. The fact you can swim that fast and never swim more than 4,000 per day make me even more confident YOU are the true Evil Smith! On average I'd say I swim more than 5,000 yards in a practice about once per week. Sometimes more, sometimes less depending on pool time constraints.

People.... people.... people....... Remember, this is just Masters Swimming. If you are going over 4,000 a day in the pool, you need to get out of the pool and go home to your family. Hell, if you don't have a family, then get out and go home to hold the remote control. Holy cow..... that's serious yardage Rule of thumb: People who go more than 4,000 a day are usually under the age of 30 and swim USS. Let's stay focused here. We are old and we drink beer. John Smith

Originally posted by Tom Ellison And sibleyclan, welcome back to swimming.... Thanx Tom! I'll keep the relative thing in mind.

My rough rule of thumb is to allow myself one beer per night for every 1000 meters swum that day. I have lots of little games I play with this rule -- extra credit for fly & back, credit for nights I somehow manage to not drink any beer etc. etc. etc. And of course weekends don't count! I'm still losing fat after 6 months back in the pool, so my formula seems to be working, and I haven't had to go over 4,000 yet:D

I hope any portion of a 1000 is considered a 1000. Therefore, if I swim 2025 yards, I am allotted 3 beers? If I got a 200 fly anywhere in practice that should equate to a keg or two.

I see I need to elaborate on my highly evolved theory. (1) Always round up. 2025 = 3 beers. Hint: Save enough energy to do the last 25 fly and apply Rule 2 below for the third beer. (2) Fly = 2 for 1 if the beers are lagers or pilsners, only 1.5 for 1 for ales, and 1.25 for 1 for stouts. "X Lite" (sic), or anything else that comes packaged in a 24 pack suitcase of cans, does not constitute beer, so don't ask. (3) It's OK if you forget how many beers you had the night before. Just try harder to remember next time and swim an extra 25 in warmup as penance. Warning: This theory was only developed after years of semi-professional beer guzzling. As said elsewhere, your mileage may vary. Considerably.

Alright I just started swimming a year ago and can't swim USS b/c of the fact that I'm not really fast enough YET. Right now I'm having a blast doing doubles. I LOVE the people I swim with and have no boyfriend, no family of my own. All my friends have decided to get married so it leaves me all alone. I also am not a big tv person. I get restless ... Oh, and I do my fair share of drinking and sometimes more than my fair share.

Here's where being a neophyte pays off! I figure actually going to the pool earns a beer. (Old reward of just thinking about going has been replaced with beer rewarded for 25 fly.) Making into the water earns a second. I then go in increments of 500 (except for the aforementioned fly). I've only had a couple of practices where I didn't make 1,000 and I almost always manage at least 50 fly. I also allow credits to carry over. As I rarely have more than one beer on weeknights, I've managed to build up a months worth of credits!! Fly = 2 for 1 if the beers are lagers or pilsners, only 1.5 for 1 for ales, and 1.25 for 1 for stouts. Looks like more opportunity for rounding as I hate to leave open bottles but do like ales & stouts!! :D

Originally posted by TheGoodSmith People.... people.... people....... Remember, this is just Masters Swimming. If you are going over 4,000 a day in the pool, you need to get out of the pool and go home to your family. Hell, if you don't have a family, then get out and go home to hold the remote control. Holy cow..... that's serious yardage Rule of thumb: People who go more than 4,000 a day are usually under the age of 30 and swim USS. Let's stay focused here. We are old and we drink beer. We may be old, but speaking for myself, I am younger now doing 4300 than I was when I used to do only a mile a day. I have developed a better satisfaction with myself, both physically and emotionally, by achieving a goal of upping my daily yardage. And that reflects on the way I interact with others. Will I continue to increase my yardage? Can't say. I'm doing an open water swim for the first time in my life this summer (August, in Ft. Collins -- I can pick you up on my way through Denver!), the weekend after my 47th birthday. Depending on how that experience goes for me, I may rest on my laurels and drop back to 3000 or so, or I may decide to reach for even more. And if it kills me, I will have died doing what I love. (My hope is to die making love to my wife, but being done in by swimming would be an adequate second choice.) :)

Originally posted by Guvnah (My hope is to die making love to my wife, but being done in by swimming would be an adequate second choice.) :) That perhaps might not be her first choice. Having some one die on you in that way would have to be traumatic.