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Distance Swimming
Seven Months into 2018...
I started distance swimming once again in 2017 and was able to complete 100 miles by the end of the year. I was quite pleased with that since I hadn’t done anything like that since my early twenties. Well, in 2018 I have increased the distance so that in only seven months I have swam 4,500 lengths of the Olympic size pool, which is 130 miles! I didn’t realize this is so unusual until a swim instructor told me that hardly anyone my age does this type of excessive distance swimming and it puts me into a tiny minority. I am posting this now since Carol and I hope to start traveling more, if possible, and this personal record of mine is sure to greatly taper off then.
(Note: photo has been touched up and brightened for clarity)
Distance Swimming
Seven Months into 2018...
I started distance swimming once again in 2017 and was able to complete 100 miles by the end of the year. I was quite pleased with that since I hadn’t done anything like that since my early twenties. Well, in 2018 I have increased the distance so that in only seven months I have swam 4,500 lengths of the Olympic size pool, which is 130 miles! I didn’t realize this is so unusual until a swim instructor told me that hardly anyone my age does this type of excessive distance swimming and it puts me into a tiny minority. I am posting this now since Carol and I hope to start traveling more, if possible, and this personal record of mine is sure to greatly taper off then.
(Note: photo has been touched up and brightened for clarity)