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Swimming 2015

January 1, 2016 by Steve Mentz Leave a Comment

A pretty good year in the water: 225 miles is probably the most I’ve swum since I was training intensely with my high school team way back in 1985.

My goal for the year was 200 miles, which I hit on my 49th birthday of 11/3, and then finished fairly weakly in a deadline-filled December.

Month Total Distance
Jan 27.23 miles (=47,925 yards, =43,823 meters)
Feb 20.40 miles (=35,900 yards, =32,827 meters)
Mar 10.68 miles (=18,800 yards, =17,191 meters)
Apr 20.93 miles (=36,830 yards, =33,678 meters)
May 21.01 miles (=36,975 yards, =33,810 meters)
Jun 16.16 miles (=28,450 yards, =26,015 meters)
Jul 20.28 miles (=35,696 yards, =32,640 meters)
Aug 23.19 miles (=40,808 yards, =37,315 meters)
Sep 19.23 miles (=33,838 yards, =30,941 meters)
Oct 19.51 miles (=34,345 yards, =31,405 meters)
Nov 16.86 miles (=29,680 yards, =27,139 meters)
Dec 10.48 miles (=18,450 yards, =16,871 meters)
Total 225.96 miles (=397,697 yards, =363,655 meters)

 

Or, from the most to least water miles:

Jan: 27.23 miles in 25 swims (all pool) (1.09 m/s)

Aug: 23.19 miles in 25 swims (all open water) (0.93)

May 21.01 miles in 19 swims (1.11)

April: 20.93 miles in 19 swims (1.10)

Feb: 20.4 miles in 18 swims (1.13)

Jul: 20.28 miles in 21 swims (0.97)

Oct: 19.51 miles in 20 swims (0.98)

Sept: 19.23 miles in 20 swims (0.96)

Nov: 16.86 miles in 17 swims (0.99)

June: 16.16 miles in 13 swims (0.95)

March: 10.68 miles in 10 swims (1.07)

Dec: 10.48 miles in 11 swims (0.95)

 

218 total swims @ 1.04 miles / swim average — which means I swam around a mile for just about 60% of the days in 2015.

 

I wonder if I can hit 250 next year?

 

 

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