Achieved my Olympic Marathon Swim goal today

fishgutzy

Had a great swim today. Started at 11:10AM and finished lap 219 at 3:03PM. Did one more to round it out to 220 laps.
So a lap over 10KM.
No too bad. Last July I was doing a mile and started pushing a little. Did my first 5KM swim last August.
For some crazy reason I decided to set a goal of completing an equivalent Olympic Marathon swim.
Next goal is in the weight room. Dead lift my weight.

ncmedic201

Congrats! That's a pretty cool NSV

KettleTO

congratulations!!! even bigger accomplishment because it was done in the pool. distance is always easier in calm open water.

fishgutzy

congratulations!!! even bigger accomplishment because it was done in the pool. distance is always easier in calm open water.

Need a sarcasm font :bigsmile:
Open water is a lot harder. Can't count of a calm day. And you can't leave two bottles of G2 mixed water to sip from every 12 laps
I don't swim fast enough to consider participating in competitive swimming.
I have thought of seeing if I can do a long swim in one of the lakes around here. But most have near zero public access without a boat.

ChristinaR720

Fantastic job! Congrats!