How many swam the one hour postal?

OK so I did 4060, and to heck with you both for pointing out that you are 10 years older and still did the same yardage as I.:bow:

31 here. I did 4920 and this was my very first time doing. Of course, after reviewing the pace chart, I know what to do next year to get over 5000. I thought that it was pretty fun and I didn't get bored doing it. The first time is just trial and error for me. I hope that my age group(30-34) did less this year than last year so I can get in the Top Ten.

I did. I'm 47 and went 4305 yards. I was hoping for 4000 meters but didn't quite make it. Maybe next year.

I didn't stop at all. I think that I got a little too competitive to stop. But, I did do some full SDKs every once in a while and did a few laps here and there where I changed my breathing pattern. The girl next to me stopped to fix her goggles. At my postal swim, a few people stopped to find out where they were at.

I broke it up into 4 15 segments, and I didn't stop at all. I was trying for 1000 meters per 15 minutes, but could tell after 30 minutes that I wasn't going to make my goal. The next 15 minutes were tough, as I was bummed I wasn't swimming better. Not sure about next year yet - I still need to formulate a plan. --mj

I did it last week but unfortunately the chlorine level was too high that day. The entire last half hour was hard to breath, I could have gone faster had the air quality been better but I was not going to temp fate here. Still go 4000 done in 59:48 (age: 46) and I just stopped at that point since I could see on the clock I would not get another 25 in. I was also able to get my breath again.

I forgot to ask - How did you break it up? What would you do different? I swam my straight though, swimming 50 back when I needed a breather I do wonder if I would have stopped every 500 or so for like 10 -15 secs if I would have been able to swim faster and do more laps.

My first hour swim in 20 years. 4420 at age 54. I stopped only at what I thought was 3000 to check my distance, may have taken 5-7 seconds.

This is my second year doing the event. I went about 175 yards LESS this year than last year. I'm sure it was due to a combination of factors, but I got off to a slow start from which I didn't recover and suffered quite a bit of cramping in my legs (to the point I had to stop at the wall a few times to stretch). Plus, I just wasn't there mentally. Frankly, I'm glad to have it behind me. It was tough!

I did an unofficial hour swim, 4150. I timed myself capturing the 100 splits (& last 50) on my watch. Maybe next year I'll get someone to witness it so it'll count.