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.
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But to give you an example of where the sport of marathon swimming is currently going, a 39-year-old California swimmer, Jamie Patrick, is going to attempt a 240 mile (386K) swim in the Sacramento River on August 18th this year. He will definitely Swim His Age - and he'll achieve it rather early in his estimated 50-60 hour solo swim at that.
Likewise, the annual Manhattan Island Marathon Swim (28.5 miles or 45.8K) always has dozens of people who Swim Their Age every year. This year, 25 out of the 36 swimmers entered in the June 18th swim have the opportunity to Swim Their Age.
There are many other marathon swims around the world - both solo attempts and competitive races - where dozens of people will Swim Their Age.
Yes, I agree it may be defined as insane, but there dozens of people around the world who achieve this goal every year ... and the number of swimmers who are attaining this goal are growing year by year. They have my respect and admiration - not only for their achievement and commitment, but for the countless hours of training, preparation and sacrifice that go behind their achievements.
:bow: Wow pretty impressive (if insane) stuff. Meanwhile I'm happy to stick to 36 yards - I'd even swim it fly :chug:
When I first looked at the title (didn't look at the forum or author), I assumed it meant swimming some pool distance in seconds=age. That would make more sense. You'd have more time to swim it as you age.
But having to swim a 44KM OW swim now. Are you insane? There has got to be a better age-related OW swim metric out there...
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,
