I would love to see what kind of yardage some of you are doing out there. Just ball park numbers. I realize there is much more to swimming than how many yards one does, and training for different events entails differences in yardages, but I would still like to see what everyone is doing so I can know where I fall within the "norm". Also, if anyone knows, I would like to know what some of the masters All American's do as far as yardage. I see times for Jeff Commins in the *** and IM events and wonder how much he must train.
The swimmers who participate in Mary Sweat's wonderful Go the Distance program (free USMS perk--see www.usms.org/.../gothedistance ) provide another gauge for the yearly "norms".
And also show you the true outliers! This year's champ bested 2000 miles for the year (2000.32 to be exact). With 366 days in 2008, that's an average of 5.5 miles per day or over 67,000 yards per week. Wow.
The swimmers who participate in Mary Sweat's wonderful Go the Distance program (free USMS perk--see www.usms.org/.../gothedistance ) provide another gauge for the yearly "norms".
And also show you the true outliers! This year's champ bested 2000 miles for the year (2000.32 to be exact). With 366 days in 2008, that's an average of 5.5 miles per day or over 67,000 yards per week. Wow.
