Big Day-

Well today was a milestone in my swimming. Since I started back in november the coacheds and other swimmers have been talking about the "hour Swim". It is country wide event where all of the masters swimmers swim for one straight hour and see how far they can get.

Of course we almost always swim for an hours every day of practice but in this instance it is a distance race and there are no breaks. I had no idea how to approach this event except to not start out fast.

Well, I didnt start out fast- I got into a jog groove and the time flew by. It was pretty cool to experience the feelings of my body change as I warmed up then hit a stride then started to get tired toward the end. The time went faster than I would have imagined. I think it helped that I didn't look at the clock.

At the 45 minute mark I exerted myself more and by the 55 minute mark I was pushing pretty hard.

I swam exactly 3100 meters in an hour. there were people on the team who did 4500 meters in the same hour. I am pretty satisfied though for the progress that I have made since starting swimming in mid november.

We swim in a 25 meter pool
3100 meters= 1.92 miles= 62 laps= 124 lengths.

I am very happy and not all that tired. I think for next year I will try to keep track of my lap times and be a little more consistent...