What's a "lap" anyway?

[cjsmith]

If a "lap" is out and back, then I did ten laps this morning. My arms are pathetic. I hope to ramp up slowly.

Before 8AM, there are three swim lanes: slow, medium, and fast. This morning I learned I am solidly medium. I held my place with the guys in that lane just fine.

Comments

[nosrednayduj]

That's what I do, when swimming in a pool, measure in lengths. Unambiguous. It also helps my counting, to have all the even numbers at one end of the pool and odds at the other. Keeps me from counting 6 twice. My pool swimming was all in a 40-foot backyard pool. I used to do 50 lengths regularly, up to 100 when feeling spunky. Never did make the whole mile, though (132). That was when I was a non-sullen teenager and had lots of energy. With a pool that short you have to carefully NOT push off or you're totally wasting the exercise -- I could get halfway across the pool!