I am moving somewhere where I won't be able to swim much for two years. Anyway, I made it my goal to swim 15,000 meters straight in four hours. I was only able to swim 14,000 meters, but it was a great experience. I actually had time to finish another thousand, but my body died on me. I should also say that I have not been training like I usually do, so this was a lot of swimming. It was a great accomplishment and I can now go without swimming for awhile. My question is, what is the most you have ever done in a workout or in a day and what has it meant to you?
In my case, this was the most I had ever done in a workout. Most in a day was 25,000 that was stretched over the entire day. The meaning of my 14,000 meters was that I was able to have the mental and physical ability to handle doing this many meters by myself.
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Originally posted by thinkersw
I should also say that I have not been training like I usually do, so this was a lot of swimming.
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Holy smokes! I pale in comparison to you. I'd hate to think what you could do if you were training like you normally do.
If I had been training to swim this much, I would have completed 15,000 and I would have completed it in less time. Since I have not been training as much as I should, I had to do intervals and take some rest. For the first two hours I was able to maintain a 1:30 pace for 100 meter freestyle. The last two hours was just hanging on and finishing. (I also swam an hour of Masters practice where most people could not understand why I was swimming so much slower than I ususally do).
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Originally posted by thinkersw
I should also say that I have not been training like I usually do, so this was a lot of swimming.
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Holy smokes! I pale in comparison to you. I'd hate to think what you could do if you were training like you normally do.
If I had been training to swim this much, I would have completed 15,000 and I would have completed it in less time. Since I have not been training as much as I should, I had to do intervals and take some rest. For the first two hours I was able to maintain a 1:30 pace for 100 meter freestyle. The last two hours was just hanging on and finishing. (I also swam an hour of Masters practice where most people could not understand why I was swimming so much slower than I ususally do).
