Feel free to post both your short-term and long-term goals here relating to your swimming either as achievements with or without competition.
Here is my short-term goal while I am visiting in Texas:
To swim from the Joe Pool Lake Beach to the dam and back. Distance: 9.68 miles. I want to do this before October 6th.
The interesting thing is because I am in Texas, I have not been swimming the mileage I was doing when in Roatan. I have sort of been in a state of tapering throughout the week with a long swim on Sundays. AND, I am swimming further on those Sundays. Instead of swimming 6 miles, 4xweek, I am doing 4 miles three times a week with a long swim on Sundays; quite a reduction. The thought of over-training comes to mind as I ponder all this.
Next goal: 13 mile swim by end of November.
What are your goals?
Donna
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Hi Donna. Great swimming, you are closing in on the long swim, that is soon coming. I am doing go the distance. And my goal is 500 miles by years end. AS of now I am aprox 350 miles. But we will see, if I get there. DOM in AZ.
Dom,
I'd say you are swimming quite a pile there. I couldn't do Go the Distance because my USMS card expired and I couldn't renew it from Roatan (sigh). I had really wanted to get in on that program since I swim about 24 to 28 miles a week.
I think 350 miles is the distance from Mexico to Florida if you swam it !! So, based on that, here's something for thought: swim from Mexico to Fla, rest one day, and repeat :rofl:. Now that would be some interval training!
Donna
Hi Donna. Great swimming, you are closing in on the long swim, that is soon coming. I am doing go the distance. And my goal is 500 miles by years end. AS of now I am aprox 350 miles. But we will see, if I get there. DOM in AZ.
Dom,
I'd say you are swimming quite a pile there. I couldn't do Go the Distance because my USMS card expired and I couldn't renew it from Roatan (sigh). I had really wanted to get in on that program since I swim about 24 to 28 miles a week.
I think 350 miles is the distance from Mexico to Florida if you swam it !! So, based on that, here's something for thought: swim from Mexico to Fla, rest one day, and repeat :rofl:. Now that would be some interval training!
Donna
