Week 20

Amount swum this week:  7.100km over 5 swims - the most I have ever swum in a week.

Day 65(December 12, 2014): 1500 m. Total 68.964 km. 

Day 64 (December 11, 2014): 1550 m. Total 67.464 km. 

Day 63 (December 10, 2014): 1550 m. Total 65.914 km. 

Day 62 (December 9, 2014):   1250 m. Total 64.364 km. 

Day 61 (December 8, 2014):   1250 m. Total 63.114 km. 

If it is, indeed 308km from our old house 4519 Coronation Drive SW to Edmonton Mall...
How many km do I need to swim to get to Edmonton before June 30th. i.e.29 weeks ?
Let's call it 27 weeks because I know, I just know, I won't be swimming at all through the Xmas holiday... that is more for eating than swimming!
So I need to swim (308.000 - 63.114)/(29-2)...
and that = 9.07km
Now clearly I am swimming nowhere near that amount of km per week...

How far would I need to swim each day, of a 4-day swimming week in order to reach my goal?
9.07/4=2.268km
That's not going to happen.

And how many length of a 25m pool is that I ask.
2.268/.025 = 90lengths.  (never never I will never manage that I only have 30 - 40 minutes to swim in beofer I have to get on the road to pick Al up at school.

What happens if I swim 5 times a week?
9.07/5=1.8km
1.8/25 = 72 lengths... well that is better but I can't swim 72 lengths in the 30-40 mins slot either....

Here is the maths for 6 swims a week for 27 weeks.
9.07/6=1.5km
1500/21=60lengths

CONCLUSION
In order to reach Edmonton before I leave Calgary I need to swim 6 times a week and swim 60 lengths each time I swim.... Oh dear, i feel a little faint!

Week 19

Beginning of December

Day 60 (December 3 , 2014): 1250 m. Total 61.864km. 

Day 59 (December 2 , 2014): 1250 m. Total 60.614 km. 

Day 58 (December 1 , 2014): 1250 m. Total 59.364 km. 

Very nice to see my friend Wendy in the pool on Tuesday -   You couldn't miss us, we were the only ones in the pool and one other person was in and out of the hot tub!
Actually a guy was doing dives when I got there.  That was nice to see.  There is a separate dive pool.  Once I had swum my lengths I went out to the car and the guy was running about in the snow in his shorts worn over, what can only have been Marks and Spencer woolly tights, no but really! and thin top There was a football hanging around waiting for his attention.  I guess he is sporty, what do you think? 

There definitely is swimmers' physique - and I don't have it.
I  meant they don't use a person of my shape in the gif here. Do they?
Go to the weblink above for great directions on just how to swim!
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