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Swimming Question of the Week - June 16, 2010

Posted by Glenn Mills on Jun 16, 2010 08:34AM (1,858 views)

After finishing the Chesapeake Bay Swim last weekend, a couple friends had commented that it was the longest swim they've ever done.

It got me thinking, especially with the Kingdom swim quickly approaching...

What's the longest "swim" you've ever done?

Rather than the most swimming in one day (like 2 or 3 practices in a day all added up), what's the single longest distance you've ever swum in one stretch. Some teams go 10,000s for time, so that would count. For me, the 10-mile swim coming up will be my record, how about you?

open water, one-hour swim, challenge set

Responses

Rob D.	Responded Jun 16, 2010 01:49PM Current record is Sunday's Chesapeake Bay Swim, but by the end of July I'll have a 10k under my belt... hoping to tackle bigger things next year
protagonist	Responded Jun 16, 2010 03:43PM Actually, 5k, but that was too easy. Instead of adding water miles, I'd better do some tri in upcoming years.
qotaeba abbasi	Responded Jun 16, 2010 06:09PM i swimmed twice aday 2 years ago in early morning for 3250 m , and in the afternoon 2300 m, i was just 8 years , later my father end this kind of treaning
sprinter	Responded Jun 20, 2010 09:12AM 8k (warm down not included) in training. (I think it was evening training, but I am not so sure) 2000m warm up. 1500m descending 3x500m descending 5x300m descending 15x100m descending warm down. every set must be in total quicker than the previous.
Trev	Responded Jun 22, 2010 06:38PM Choose one: 12,000 SCY continuous freestyle or 10,000 SCY continuous backstroke. Courtesy of West Chester University of Pennsylvania ;-)
Glenn Mills	Responded Jun 22, 2010 07:32PM For me... the backstroke would simply mean to get out and go home. Absolute torture. And don't tell me you went to West Chester. My Mom went there for music and ended up singing in the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus for 20+ years. Small world huh?
sprinter	Responded Jun 23, 2010 10:43AM I would make everyone go home earlier on that backstroke set. How? Simple. I would get dizzy and would puke in the pool... not on purpose...but I can bet my head, it would happen...10k... how do u survive that?
Aquatic Rhino	Responded Aug 24, 2010 01:02PM 10,000 LCM freshman year at Emory (It was actually 100 100's, but I was just barely making the interval, so pretty much it was just constant swimming with open turns at one end.)

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