Swim 100 miles in 2017

bshedwick
bshedwick Posts: 659 Member
edited November 17 in Fitness and Exercise
Setting a challenge for myself. I want to swim (at least) 100 miles in 2017. Anyone want to join the challenge??

Currently at 34 miles for the year so far.
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  • bshedwick
    bshedwick Posts: 659 Member
    Upping my goal to 120 miles for the year
  • deannalfisher
    deannalfisher Posts: 5,600 Member
    sure i'll join you - I'm not sure what I'm at - I'd have to go back and add it up
  • HakimKassam
    HakimKassam Posts: 3 Member
    I have the same goal! at 10k so far. just restarted swimming 3 weeks ago.
  • bshedwick
    bshedwick Posts: 659 Member
    I put in 2 miles last night. 44 miles for the year
  • bshedwick
    bshedwick Posts: 659 Member
    53 miles in for the year
  • Steff46
    Steff46 Posts: 516 Member
    Sure! I'll need to look back at my notes and come back later.
  • deannalfisher
    deannalfisher Posts: 5,600 Member
    edited May 2017
    18.4 miles for the year so far - but I have a couple on my watch that I haven't sync'd yet
  • Steff46
    Steff46 Posts: 516 Member
    7.74 miles for me so far this year. Sweet, I never thought to track my swims. It looks so much more impressive in yards ;)
  • beerfoamy
    beerfoamy Posts: 1,520 Member
    Am in!

    77.31 miles so far this year :)
  • Steff46
    Steff46 Posts: 516 Member
    11.29 miles so far. Yay! I'm in double digits :)
  • bshedwick
    bshedwick Posts: 659 Member
    beerfoamy wrote: »
    Am in!

    77.31 miles so far this year :)

    Great job!

    -- I just topped 60 miles for the year last night.
  • MARTHASAMSON
    MARTHASAMSON Posts: 1 Member
    Yes! I'm new to swimming but just started in March this year. At first I couldn't swim more than 3 25 yards before resting. Right now I'm swimming 1/2 mile a day in 30 mins and kinda stuck there. But I'm swimming 5-6 days a week. I am happy to have found an exercise I enjoy at last.
  • Steff46
    Steff46 Posts: 516 Member
    15.11 miles so far.
  • beerfoamy
    beerfoamy Posts: 1,520 Member
    90.72

    nearly there!! :D
  • bshedwick
    bshedwick Posts: 659 Member
    I'm at 65 miles for the year, 120 seems like it is totally doable
  • Djproulx
    Djproulx Posts: 3,084 Member
    Just checked my totals for the year. At 29.1 so far this year. Will see how close I can get.
  • lporter229
    lporter229 Posts: 4,907 Member
    I started swimming at the beginning of May. I am swimming for 30 minutes, 3 times per week. My first session I could barely make 500m. On Monday I finally did 850m. I have swam 5.4 miles total so far. 100 miles is definitely out of the question, but my goal is to be able to swim 1000m in 30 minutes.
  • vixta76
    vixta76 Posts: 1 Member
    I find that I can swim 26 lengths (800 mtr) in 26mins but have levelled out and don't move faster. Yours is a good way to increase as its 6 extra lengths in four mins. I'll have to get a shift on.
  • deannalfisher
    deannalfisher Posts: 5,600 Member
    vixta76 wrote: »
    I find that I can swim 26 lengths (800 mtr) in 26mins but have levelled out and don't move faster. Yours is a good way to increase as its 6 extra lengths in four mins. I'll have to get a shift on.

    15m or 30m pool (which is a really odd length)??

    for me - getting faster = doing drill sets/sprint sets (so do 1lap as fast as possible, then 10 sec rest and 10lap as fast as possible) or similar
  • GrumpyHeadmistress
    GrumpyHeadmistress Posts: 666 Member
    edited June 2017
    I'm up to 117 miles so far this year. 1,55miles four times a week and a week of 1,55miles every day.
  • glevinso
    glevinso Posts: 1,895 Member
    vixta76 wrote: »
    I find that I can swim 26 lengths (800 mtr) in 26mins but have levelled out and don't move faster. Yours is a good way to increase as its 6 extra lengths in four mins. I'll have to get a shift on.

    30 meter pool? That is a bizarre length
  • beerfoamy
    beerfoamy Posts: 1,520 Member
    97.44 miles - so close!
  • Steff46
    Steff46 Posts: 516 Member
    I'm up to 20.16 miles so far.........yay!
  • bshedwick
    bshedwick Posts: 659 Member
    Steff46 wrote: »
    I'm up to 20.16 miles so far.........yay!

    Keep it up!
  • Alidecker
    Alidecker Posts: 1,262 Member
    I haven't kept track, but thanks for the idea of a goal for myself. I have to up my time in the pool, I signed up for a 1.2 mile open water swim in August. If it was a pool, no problem...open water scares me.
  • Steff46
    Steff46 Posts: 516 Member
    I did an open water swim last Friday and I'm so congested that I might miss out on my swims this week:( Oh well. I'm signed up for an open water swim in August too! followed by a bike and run! Woohoo!
  • Alidecker
    Alidecker Posts: 1,262 Member
    Steff46 wrote: »
    I did an open water swim last Friday and I'm so congested that I might miss out on my swims this week:( Oh well. I'm signed up for an open water swim in August too! followed by a bike and run! Woohoo!

    I usually do an open water swim triathlon in August, but the swim is my favorite part and the shortest...so I thought I would try to do a long swim instead. Hopefully I don't regret it.
  • Steff46
    Steff46 Posts: 516 Member
    Sorry, my tri is in Augusta...lol. I am so nervous about it I saw (and typed) August but thought it was Augusta.
    I'm up to 22.53 miles now. I'm moving up to 3 swims a week this week so maybe my totals will get better.
  • beerfoamy
    beerfoamy Posts: 1,520 Member
    106.41

    yay!!!! :smiley:

    so thinking that we are halfway through the year - upping goal to 200miles.......seems doable?......
  • deannalfisher
    deannalfisher Posts: 5,600 Member
    Alidecker wrote: »
    Steff46 wrote: »
    I did an open water swim last Friday and I'm so congested that I might miss out on my swims this week:( Oh well. I'm signed up for an open water swim in August too! followed by a bike and run! Woohoo!

    I usually do an open water swim triathlon in August, but the swim is my favorite part and the shortest...so I thought I would try to do a long swim instead. Hopefully I don't regret it.

    have you seen the ads for ISOman? basically its a triathlon where all the legs should take roughly the same amount of time - they are trying to bring to the US next year

    its a 7mile swim, 90mile bike and marathon (I'd have to double check distances) - one of the prizes is to the person who had the most equal for each of the three legs
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