sponsored swim

[not_so_insig]

I am thinking of doing a sponsored swim for my voluntary work. What distance do you think it should be? I swim most weeks and I do at least 41 lengths already so it's obviously got to be a greater distance. But I am stuck what.

So any suggestions? I won't be doing it for a while because I need to train and also I need to have time to get some sponsors.

[Captainshiny]

I haven't a clue how many you should do as I have no idea about sponsored things. But I do wish you the best of luck with it.

[Charmed]

I'm unsure on the length of pool you are swimming, but general lengths are 1.5k (60 25m lengths) or 2k, or if you are feeling really brave a 5k (200 25m lengths) or 10k (400 25m lengths)! It's really up to you though and whatever you feel comfortable with!

I used to swim 5k every other week and it took me just over an hour and a half, so it's not that long to be swimming :)

[ASkatersDream...]

65 is a mile on a 25m swimming pool.

[Bishop]

100 lengths works well - 10p per length = £10

[Pi.R^2]

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Originally Posted by Charmed

I used to swim 5k every other week and it took me just over an hour and a half, so it's not that long to be swimming :)

Holy cannelloni! Took me two hours twenty!!

The last time I swam 5k I had been out of swimming for a good few years, and trained once a week in the months leading up to it, gradually increasing the distance each time. It is a big swim and pretty exhausting, but achievable if you're willing to put in the training (the time I did it without training didn't end so well :P )

As a disclaimer, I found swimming 200 lengths to be one of the most boring thing in the world, but I never saw the point in getting sponsored for something I would enjoy!

Best of luck for whatever distance you decide to go for :)

[Charmed]

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Originally Posted by Narcissa

Holy cannelloni! Took me two hours twenty!!

I used to swim competitively and train 2-4 hours a day so 1.5 hours isn't that great for the amount of training I did :P we had to do a 5k every other week it felt like hours! I stopped trying after a while :P 2 hours 20 is amazing considering you did less training! :D

Also you could do the swimathon, I think it's in March so you would have to wait a bit, but it's an organised swim and you can choose your distance so might be easier. You can also swim in a team etc.

[not_so_insig]

Thanks everyone for their suggestions. I will probably do it later on this year - that way it will give me plenty of time to train, and also I want to do it during the day when the kids go back to school.