I found this on the Utah Masters website homepage. Amazing what they did, although a bit excessive and crazy too. That much strain on the body cannot be that good for a person either. Was it really worth it?
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Amazing Utah Swim - 50,000 yd. SWIM in one day
For several weeks, Will Reeves (a 57 year old diehard distance swimmer), had it in his head to swim 50,000 yards (30.3) miles in one day. On Jan 17, 2011 it happened. Believe it or not, there are witnesses. Mori Paulsen, (a 51 year old extreme fitness kind of guy), ended up having the holiday off from work and decided to join Will. They started at 7:15 a.m. Monday morning and finished at 9:00 p.m. They swam (25) 2,000 yard sets with an average 2-3 minute break between the 2,000s. At about 30,000 yards they both hit the wall. Will was getting sick and Mori started having the shakes and cramps in his right triceps. In pain, they both persisted and decided to shoot for 40,000. When they reached 40,000, the physical pain to call it quits dissipated somewhat and they pushed on to the 50,000.goal. It took a couple of days to recover. Mori is still feeling soreness in his triceps. Congratulations on the swim!!
I'm now "thinking" of trying this at some point:
100 x 100
100 x 75
100 x 50
100 x 25
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25,000 SCY
Does anyone know if there is a "24-hour" postal? I wonder what the most a person could swim in 24-hours.
Good luck on trying either one of those things. Serious swimming like that cannot be taken lightly. Jumping right into a max distance type of workout can be really strenuous on the body/heart/lungs/muscles, and more. Medically I do not think it is a good idea to do that kind of damage to one's body. You definitely have to be training to work up towards that kind of distance, either in yardage or time. Ironman triathletes don't just "sign up" for the event because it sounds like something cool to do, they train hard for many months, or even years before attempting these type of distance events. Good luck if you do choose to go onward with one of these events, but be careful with yourself.
I'm now "thinking" of trying this at some point:
100 x 100
100 x 75
100 x 50
100 x 25
______________
25,000 SCY
Does anyone know if there is a "24-hour" postal? I wonder what the most a person could swim in 24-hours.
Good luck on trying either one of those things. Serious swimming like that cannot be taken lightly. Jumping right into a max distance type of workout can be really strenuous on the body/heart/lungs/muscles, and more. Medically I do not think it is a good idea to do that kind of damage to one's body. You definitely have to be training to work up towards that kind of distance, either in yardage or time. Ironman triathletes don't just "sign up" for the event because it sounds like something cool to do, they train hard for many months, or even years before attempting these type of distance events. Good luck if you do choose to go onward with one of these events, but be careful with yourself.
