Swimming 1 mile?
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soldiergrl_101
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So I just used a calculator to see how many laps I would have to swim in a 50m pool to swim 1mile. The total amount came to 32 laps. Does that seem right to you? I swim for 60min at a time, but I have never actually counted how many laps I do and 32laps just seems like a lot to equal 1mile, especially when I run 4 in the same allotted time.
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32 lengths of an Olympic pool - that is exactly correct. Next time you swim for an hour, I suspect you'll be surprised at how many lengths you so - my guess is you're swimming further than a mile without realizing it
(By the way - this is coming from a guy who can't swim one length of a leisure pool - just to give you some context!!)0 -
Yep thats correct. I swim in a 25 metre pool and its 64 lengths to get one mile. I always count each length I do so I can try and bet it. In the summer I was able to do 100 lengths. At this present time id probably die doing 20 haha.0
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Swimming 1 mile in 60 mins is a rather slow pace, but if you can swim 1 mile in a single workout then bully for you! I really wonder how many people can claim that they can (or have) done that.0
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remember this changes slightly if your pool is 25 yards instead of 25 meters
also in these shorter pools try to limit how hard you kick off the wall.0 -
yep- 32 laps (same as 64 lengths)- and agree, that is only if its a 25 METER pool.
you can likely do a bit more than 1 mile in 1 hour, unless you are going at a very leisurely pace.0
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