I did my first three mile swim in what I think has been about four months today. It was certainly my first three mile in what I would consider my more modern era of continuous swimming. My last three mile was just three one mile swims pushed together with long breaks in-between to eat a power bar, or drink a lot of water. The only times I stopped on this swim were when I needed to use the bathroom.
This gives me a 2-mile padding between myself and the nearest person who has yet to finish. As it turns out the pack fragmented pretty quickly into a small group of hard-cores who finished in the first week or two, then the rest of us who are just slogging away. At the moment I'm at the head of that second group, followed by a guy who swims at the same time as Lori. Hopefully with another two mile swim tomorrow I should be able to hold a permanent lead until the end.
Update: I wonder if I can finish this thing by the 37 day mark. So that it would be a mile a day (or sort of). I would have to do 10.5 in 10 days.
Another Update: Lori said that as she left the pool she noticed that I was now behind the leader by 1.5 miles. Which is amazing, since that's a 3.5 mile jump in one day. In a very small lap pool (and you have to do the miles in our pool). I was curious enough to go back at lunch and have a look at the log book. Turns out there was a line put in his record this morning, then a big shaded in area indicating the 3.5 miles, which wasn't signed by a guard. (All of the miles have to be signed off on.)
I didn't see the guy. I've never actually seen the guy in the pool. Lori saw him in the Jacuzzi when she got to the pool an hour after I left. So apparently he got in the water just as I got out, swam 3.5 miles at literally a world record pace, then had some Jacuzzi time and took off. Right... Believe me, nobody is swimming a world record pace in our pool. Nobody.
Hey, I don't mind getting beat. I can handle competition. I just like to know that everyone is competing on a level playing field.
Yes, I know this isn't a race. But it's the principle of the thing.
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