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.

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[rampling.livejournal.com]

P.S. A "lap" is every time you hit a wall, like everyone else is saying. Which is good for me, 'cause if I'm zoning out, I won't even really be paying attention to which wall I'm hitting this time! But, yeah, I agree that if you tell other swimmers how many laps you did, they'll expect it to be "lengths", usually of a 25 yard pool.