In golf, there is one feat few accomplish - to shoot your age.
The goal is simple - par is your age where everyone hits from the same tees and there are no handicaps.
To swim your age you must do a swim equal in kilometers to your age. So if you are 20 years old, you can if you do at least a 20K swim.
If you are 30 years old, you can Swim Your Age if you do at least a 30K swim. At 40 years, you must do a 40K swim. Obviously, this aquatic feat gets harder and harder as you get older.
The swim can be done in any body of water: an ocean, lake, reservoir, bay, estuary, sea, channel, canal, river, fjord or lagoon. It must be continuous (feeding stops are allowed) and completed according to the traditional rules of the sport (e.g., no touching boats, kayaks or piers and without a wetsuit) and is measured in kilometers (not miles which is harder).
With the growing number of Half Century Club members, the Swim Your Age achievement is within reach for many.
A much easier one that I did this year was (your age X 200). Yards or meters. Your choice. However you choose to do it, the point is that if you want to stay health & fit you have to work harder as you get older,
Damn! Wish I'd heard about this a couple weeks ago. I swam 8400 (in a freaking 33.3 yard pool...that's 33.3 yards PER LAP) a few weeks ago. But I'm 43 (for another couple weeks). Guess I gotta attempt it again, but do 8800. I like this much better than in KM.
A much easier one that I did this year was (your age X 200). Yards or meters. Your choice. However you choose to do it, the point is that if you want to stay health & fit you have to work harder as you get older,
Damn! Wish I'd heard about this a couple weeks ago. I swam 8400 (in a freaking 33.3 yard pool...that's 33.3 yards PER LAP) a few weeks ago. But I'm 43 (for another couple weeks). Guess I gotta attempt it again, but do 8800. I like this much better than in KM.
