Although in one sense this has been a good year for swimming, in terms of totals it pales against those of last year. The reason for this is that I missed six weekends of swimming this year: two weeks for the war with Iran, one week after the biopsy, two weeks for holiday and another week missed because I obviously picked up some form of rhinovirus returning from Italy, making the first week back a round of sore throats, sneezing, coughing and general malaise (that's 6 X 2 X 24 = 288 lengths that I could have swum). I made up for that week by swimming four times this week, with 16, 24, 24 and 30 lengths in those days. Yes, yesterday I went all out and swam 30 lengths (following a breather after 26 lengths): there was no need to save my strength for anything, although afterwards I have to say that I didn't feel particularly tired. I note that the water was very cold this week.
Adding this year's data to the table that I presented last year1, one gets
| Year | Number of swims | Total lengths |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 16 | 438 |
| 2020 | 24 | 562 |
| 2021 | 30 | 548 |
| 2022 | 29 | 567 |
| 2023 | 31 | 561 |
| 2024 | 34 | 710 |
| 2025 | 32 | 600 |
Apart from missing six weekends of swimming, this year's total shows that the average length of a swim decreased, when compared to last year (18.75 as opposed to 22.19). This is because I swam several times during the week on work days, something that I haven't done before, but as I didn't want to tire myself too much, I only swam 10-12 lengths on those days.
Next year will be interesting as my 70th birthday will neatly bisect the season. As I intend to retire from full time work then, it might well be that I will swim 20 lengths or more several times a week after my birthday. Quite possibly I will swim during the week prior to retiring but not full scale swims.
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