New USMS Fitness Event: Go the Distance!

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knelson — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:42:47 GMT

Some people just have less time restraints than we do. I'll tell you what; even if I quit my job I can't imagine putting in that kind of yardage. That's on par with what Division I college distance swimmers are doing.

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Frank Thompson — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:00:16 GMT

I'm absolutely astounded that someone swam 155.28 miles! That works out to 273,290 yards or 61710 yards per week, 8816 yards per day. I should hit that distance around late April if I'm lucky! :eek: Kirk: Just think if Dennis Baker turned in his January stats. He had 116 K in that week he did the installments for Swimming World.

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Jim Clemmons — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:51:17 GMT

Kirk, Some people just have less time restraints than we do.

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Frank Thompson — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 01:06:29 GMT

I'll tell you what; even if I quit my job I can't imagine putting in that kind of yardage. That's on par with what Division I college distance swimmers are doing. Not necessarily. If you are subscribing to the "High Intensity" methods that are advocated by David Salo would be just fine. Meaning the 33.61 miles that you logged for the month of January might be a little low but not far off of what the Division I swimmers do with this type of training.

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Former Member — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 14:36:03 GMT

oops. noticed a typo my distance should read 50.39 (not 59.39) should i correct it with febs total?

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Former Member — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 13:54:30 GMT

:applaud: :applaud: Hooray for all of us!!! This should help get me in the pool for the year!

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Former Member — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 13:08:00 GMT

the results havent been posted yet right?

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knelson — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:36:25 GMT

I'm absolutely astounded that someone swam 155.28 miles! That works out to 273,290 yards or 61710 yards per week, 8816 yards per day. I should hit that distance around late April if I'm lucky! :eek:

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marysweat — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:31:30 GMT

oops. noticed a typo my distance should read 50.39 (not 59.39) should i correct it with febs total? Hi David, Thanks for letting me know ... I've corrected the typo (oopps sorry about that)! Mary

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Former Member — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 15:32:58 GMT

I shovelled about 10,000 yards worth of snow today, but the excel sheet has no column for such credit:( Tomorrow is another day............. LOL Tell me about it. I wimped out and got the thrower out. I am not blowing my discs out for snow!

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Former Member — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 15:13:22 GMT

I shovelled about 10,000 yards worth of snow today, but the excel sheet has no column for such credit:( Tomorrow is another day.............

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waves101 — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:58:42 GMT

Kirk - I got an email on Friday from Mary indicating she had submitted the results to the webmaster(s) to get them posted. Should be any day now.

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knelson — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:45:01 GMT

Have the January results been posted yet? I don't see them. I'm interested to see who the people were that managed > 100 miles! :eek:

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Former Member — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 07:19:32 GMT

Yep .... there were 3 women that went over 100 miles in January!!! There were also 26 folks that made it to the 50 mile distance milestone the first month. However, there are well over 200 entries in this event so far (I get entries almost every day now!) that appear to be swimming lots, tracking their mileage and hopefully having fun! Now this is what this event is all about! Stay tuned for the January results to see who these awesome women are and how many of your pals have entered. I submitted the results to our USMS web folks last Friday (2/9) so hopefully they will be posted soon .... I hope you all will spread the word to your swimming pals ... Folks can enter at any time - and if they have their January mileage I will be happy to enter that too! Mary Mary are you tracking your mileage too? I think you should get bonus miles for all the emails you're dealing with and compiling the results! ;) Rich

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Former Member — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 06:39:19 GMT

People really did over 100miles last month?

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swimshark — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 03:47:55 GMT

Mary, your Alaskan buddies are just sending you motivation to get more yardage in. hee-hee As for yards, the "fast" group in the kids team can easily do 12,000 yds during their 3 hour Sat practice. Ah, to be young and not have families to worry about :wiggle: Alison

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marysweat — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 02:42:02 GMT

Mary are you tracking your mileage too? I think you should get bonus miles for all the emails you're dealing with and compiling the results! ;) Rich Yep ... I've been tracking my mileage .... and have officially entered this event too! You all might have guessed by now that I just love to play with numbers ... possibly an obsession of mine ?!? Bonus miles for dealing with the entries eh? Hmmmm .... maybe 1 per email!?!? Maybe then I could keep up with our awesome high mileage ladies! There indeed are a lot of emails ... but lots of benefits. First, I get to "meet" some really great folks (my favorite part of this event!). And I did get one "very yummy" care package from my Alaskan swimming pals with their entries (I used to swim with them when I lived in Anchorage!). I'll have to swim extra to work off the goodies ... Mary

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marysweat — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 02:17:33 GMT

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waves101 — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 02:10:40 GMT

Yes, I believe Mary said there were 3 people over 100 miles and 26 over 50 miles. Should see results soon.

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Former Member — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 09:16:54 GMT

The Canadian Million Metre Challenge is intended for members of Masters Swimming Canada. You have to specify your club from the list of Canadian clubs. You will go by Fredericton, NB which has a masters club that welcomes guest swimmers, further north there is a club in Edmonston, and you may pass some clubs in Quebec, depending on your route. There is a club list with locations on the mymsc.ca site, under the MSC menu.

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Former Member — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 08:19:26 GMT

I enjoyed the website Lindsay. And I agree that you put it well when you explain the goal of Go the Distance. It wasn't clear to me if the Canada challenged needs a membership? I will actually be in NB this summer (I live in the Seattle area). I will be bicycling with Atlantic Cycling for about two weeks. I am hopeful to fit in a swim or two while there even though chances of that are slim. If I figure out what towns we will be in perhaps you could name a pool nearby that would welcome a nonmember. At the beginning of August we start with our 3 day rally in St. George, then bike up the St. John River to Quebec. Not much detail I know, but I haven't looked at it all very closely yet.

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Former Member — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 08:03:07 GMT

I'm realizing that what attracts me to USMS Discussion Forum is all the positive attitudes. ...the idea is to record what you do not convert your workouts to distance freestyle!... well said Lindsay, thanks. Morgan, you'll probably swim more during your taper than I do the whole month. Maybe this could be my personal challenge for Feb., do more this month than you manage to do during taper. Attagurl Kimberlie hehe. Morgan's mileage makes me wince just reading it!

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Former Member — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 07:59:51 GMT

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Former Member — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 07:43:46 GMT

I mentioned the event to one of my coaches and was surprised at his negative response: "An event that only keeps track of yardage will encourage less quality swimming." I told him he was wrong (based on what I said above)! Wondering if others participating in this event agree with me. Masters Swimming Canada has a similar program called the Million Metre Challenge: http://mymsc.ca/Million.jsp And some people expressed similar concerns when it first started, but on the whole I think the program has done more to encourage people to make that extra practice or not skip a set than to just swim mindless distance. The idea is to record what you do, not to change all your workouts to distance freestyle! It's very nice to be able to look back at how far you have swum and how many workouts you have done. The program has been very popular and has provided a lot of motivation for a lot of people, I'm sure that Go the Distance will do the same for USMS!

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Former Member — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 06:58:54 GMT

:o AH! age 20. That explains a lot! And now I don't feel quite as inadequate!!:wave: