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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In answer to the initial thread, the furthest I've swum in one go is only 10km in a 25m pool, although I was pleased to complete it in ~2h 15m. This was 3 years ago, when aged 43.
originally posted by alexknibbs
Dear alexknibbs,
I am very impressed by your time in the 10 K at age 43!!....I am 40 (almost 41) and just getting into open water swimming.....I want to "eventually" be able to do 10 K's, 20 K's, and 25 K's (these seem like 3 of the most popular long distances for open water events as far as I can tell??)....Anyway, 2 hrs and 15 minutes for a 10 K comes to exactly 1:21 per 100 meters pace........Only you have to string 100 of them in a row at that pace to equal that time!!....Wow!!....I am hoping to average somewhere between 1:15 and 1:20 per 100 meters in my next open water swim....only it's a 2 mile race (i.e. a 3.2 K race).....1:15 per 100 meter pace equates to exactly 40 minutes for 2 miles ...So the 40 minute barrier for 2 miles seems like a good goal to try and break (and a very fast goal!!).....1:20 per 100 meter pace equates to 42:40 for 2 miles.....So if I break 43:00 I will be happy (if I break 40:00 I will be VERY VERY happy!!).....To hear that you could hold a 1:21 per 100 meter pace for 12.4 miles at age 43 just blows my mind!!
Tom.....Were you also this fast in the 10 K once?....when you were over 40??....If so, then I have a new found respect for the Moose Man!!
Newmastersswimmer
In answer to the initial thread, the furthest I've swum in one go is only 10km in a 25m pool, although I was pleased to complete it in ~2h 15m. This was 3 years ago, when aged 43.
originally posted by alexknibbs
Dear alexknibbs,
I am very impressed by your time in the 10 K at age 43!!....I am 40 (almost 41) and just getting into open water swimming.....I want to "eventually" be able to do 10 K's, 20 K's, and 25 K's (these seem like 3 of the most popular long distances for open water events as far as I can tell??)....Anyway, 2 hrs and 15 minutes for a 10 K comes to exactly 1:21 per 100 meters pace........Only you have to string 100 of them in a row at that pace to equal that time!!....Wow!!....I am hoping to average somewhere between 1:15 and 1:20 per 100 meters in my next open water swim....only it's a 2 mile race (i.e. a 3.2 K race).....1:15 per 100 meter pace equates to exactly 40 minutes for 2 miles ...So the 40 minute barrier for 2 miles seems like a good goal to try and break (and a very fast goal!!).....1:20 per 100 meter pace equates to 42:40 for 2 miles.....So if I break 43:00 I will be happy (if I break 40:00 I will be VERY VERY happy!!).....To hear that you could hold a 1:21 per 100 meter pace for 12.4 miles at age 43 just blows my mind!!
Tom.....Were you also this fast in the 10 K once?....when you were over 40??....If so, then I have a new found respect for the Moose Man!!
Newmastersswimmer
