Swim, Swim, Swim

Yep, still swimming. Getting a little tired of it too – I would be much happier in open water, with a set destination, as opposed to this proverbial hamster wheel of swimming laps.

Today’s WOD:

• swim 1 mile

1 mile swim facts

People ask me, “how do you know you are swimming a mile?”

My method is a guess-ti-mation, but the following are absolutes:

• In an olympic-sized pool, 72 lengths equates to 1 mile
• 36 laps (down and back)

So, I time myself swimming very slowly for one full lap (down and back). It take me right at ~60 seconds to swim a full lap slowly; therefore, if I swim for 35-45 minutes, I am assured of clocking at least 1 mile.

It’s not scientific, but it beats trying to count 72 lengths, or 36 laps.

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