1 January 2025
A quick summary of 2024 in numbers:
800,190 total meters swum
3rd highest volume in my Masters Swimming history (since 2001)
Highest year was 2011 when I did 864KM
Second highest year was 2012 when I did 825KM
A 24% increase over my 645KM average from each of 2022 and 2023
3,494 average meters swum per workout
Highest average in my Masters Swimming history
Next highest was 2012 when I averaged 3,069 meters per workout
229 swimming days in the year
This is only slightly above my long term average of 223 days per year
74 unique pools swum in with my top 5 most frequently swum pools being:
Barnet Copthall - 81 swims
Southgate Leisure - 16 swims
London Aquatic Centre - 14 swims
Park Road Lido - 12 swims
Clissold Leisure Centre - 7 swims
58 new pools added to my 1,001 pools list
more on this in a future post
12 competitions completed
8 in short course meters (SCM) pools
2 in long course meters (SCM)
1 in short course yards (SCY)
1 open water
10 countries swum in, with the top 5, based upon total country pool count, being
United Kingdom
Canada
France
Spain
Germany
3 National Championships from the 2024 SCY US Masters Nationals in Indianapolis in the 1000 free, 400 IM and 200 IM
2 British Masters National Record times beaten (400 SCM IM and 200 SCM backstroke), but I can't "own" these records since I'm not a citizen
1 satisfied swimmer
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