I have a new distance – 72 lengths, or 1.5 miles. First swam it on Wednesday 29 June ’16, was ploughing up and down the lanes and I felt on fire (if you can be on fire in a swimming pool!) so did a bit of mental maths to determine what was a sensible extension to 6o lengths and came up with 72 lengths, or 1.5 miles.
Have swum it three times now, time about 51 ish minutes. Once you get to the sixty lengths of 2K, adding another 12 is no big deal, and that’s the mindset that has seen me hit this target. Last summer, I’d do twenty lengths, soon added another 4 to make it half a mile. I think it was the start of the Christmas hols that I pushed myself to 30 length – 1K – and I was chuffed with that. 30 lengths now just seems like a walk in the park. Small increments every time.
So what next? The logical next step would be 90 lengths – 3K. That would involve swimming for over an hour – quite a big physiological step, but a goal to aim for before the end of the summer hols …