How Far Do You Swim In A Career?
How Far Do You Swim In A Career?
How far do you swim over the course of an average swimming career? Well, we decided to do some rough estimations and see how far that might be.
Say this five times fast... "How far does a swimming swimmer swim, if a swimming swimmer swims a whole lot?"
Now, regardless of how well you did at saying that phrase five times fast, you clicked on this article for a reason. So with that being said, we won't bore you anymore with tongue twisters, and we'll just get right into the numbers.
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Total meters for 17-year career: 45,084,000 Meters
Total miles for 17-year career: 30,056 Miles
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Here are a just a few facts to help put these numbers into perspective...
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Disclaimer: *we understand these numbers may not represent 100 percent of the general swimming population and were merely made to give light to the incredible amount of distance covered by athletes in the sport, enjoy!*
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Now, regardless of how well you did at saying that phrase five times fast, you clicked on this article for a reason. So with that being said, we won't bore you anymore with tongue twisters, and we'll just get right into the numbers.
| Age Range | # Of Years | # Of Workouts | Avg. # Of Meters | Meters Per Week | Total For Date Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 - 8 | 3 Years | 5 Workouts | 3,000 Meters | 15,000 Meters | 2,340,000 Meters |
| 9 - 10 | 2 Years | 7 Workouts | 4,000 Meters | 28,000 Meters | 2,912,000 Meters |
| 11 - 14 | 4 Years | 9 Workouts | 6,000 Meters | 54,000 Meters | 11,232,000 Meters |
| 15 - 18 | 4 Years | 10 Workouts | 7,000 Meters | 70,000 Meters | 14,560,000 Meters |
| 19 - 22 | 4 Years | 9 Workouts | 7,500 Meters | 67,500 Meters | 14,040,000 Meters |
Total meters for 17-year career: 45,084,000 Meters
Total miles for 17-year career: 30,056 Miles
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Here are a just a few facts to help put these numbers into perspective...
- The Earth's circumference at the equator is 24,902 miles... so yes... you will have swum around the world by the time you finish your career. (via: Lyberty)
- The United States is roughly 2,800 miles across, meaning if you swim 30,056 miles throughout your career you would swim across the United States 10.73 times. (via: USAToday)
- The distance between LA and Tokyo is roughly 5,473.87 miles, so if you swam 30,056 miles in your career you would swim from LA to Tokyo 5.49 times. (via: MapCrow)
- If one month equates to 221,000 meters (or 137.32 miles) that would mean in just one month a typical swimmer will swim 25.32 miles more than the biking portion of an IRONMAN.
- Typical Calendar Year = 2,652,000 meters...that's the length of 29,002.62 football fields back-to-back.
- Career in Miles = 30,056 Miles aka: 120,224 times around a track.
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Disclaimer: *we understand these numbers may not represent 100 percent of the general swimming population and were merely made to give light to the incredible amount of distance covered by athletes in the sport, enjoy!*
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