A blow hard friend at work states that he and friend used to swim 26miles during their daily work out while they were in the military, I doubt it. Is a 26 mile swim a little far for a daily swim? would anyone do it even on a good day. I say nonsense.
2007-05-23 16:26:26 · 7 answers · asked by Zeke A 1 in Sports ➔ Swimming & Diving
A competitive swimmer can swim the mile in about 20 minutes so the person above me who said it would take about 14 hours is right on.
If they had 14 hours to devote to swimming every day they then there was no way they were in the military! Maybe he meant 26 minutes or maybe he's just an @$$hole trying to be a big wig. Ask him to prove it!!!
My hardest open-water distance was a 5-mile backstroke swim. I averaged 21:00 per mile and finished in 1:47:13. I thought my arms were going to tear away from my shoulders and report me to the authorities for abuse lol... I would never do that again, the sunburn and aftermath were not worth it! My longest open-water distance was 15K (9.3 miles) of free/breast mix. That was a 3 and a half hour swim and I certainly wasn't about to jump in and do it again the next day!!!
Oh and if your friend says he'll prove it, let me know, I gotta see that!!! ( =
2007-05-24 02:40:32 · answer #1 · answered by Kristy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I run marathons which are 26 miles. However, there is certainly NO WAY that I could run 26 miles everyday! And Swimming is a lot harder, and takes a lot more time than running. So I would definitely say that he is completely full of it! Such an obvious lie!
2007-05-24 04:04:31 · answer #2 · answered by Sarah J 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
do alot longer runs so 3x7/8 miles and a 10 mile a week, whilst your comfortable with this incrase the ten mile run to approximately 15. additionally plan to do a nil.5 marathon a month or 2 formerly you run the marathon as this supply you a solid race prediction and how your style is
2016-10-13 07:06:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no... i know when during swim season if we win a meet we have to swim a victory mile which is 66 laps of our pool and thats just one mile... it takes a little while... to be able to do 26 miles.. without stopping to rest would be nearly impossible plus take a whole day almost
2007-05-24 09:46:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well in high school I swam the mile a few times and it took about 30ish minutes... you could do it but I doubt anyone would do that everyday for like 14ish hours.
2007-05-23 18:47:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i say thats bs, and they were just trying to impress you. that would be really hard to do. i bet they cant even swim 5 miles
2007-05-23 17:35:09 · answer #6 · answered by george 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not possible.
2007-05-23 16:34:03 · answer #7 · answered by floridasun5 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋