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In March I started swimming much more due to injury. Swam 250k yards in 3mo. One session was 10k in the pool.

Getting past the boredom is a skill. In my experience it’s mostly a symptom of not focusing on your form. Don’t use a watch and count yourself to stay focused. Break it up with challenging blocks to force you to focus. For ex: 50yds on 1min will force you to move and then focus on recovery.

I now really love swimming, which is a shock.

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Did you really mean to say you swam 10,000 yards in one session? At the pace you mention (50yds = 1min) that would take over 3 hours.

Yes 10400 in 2:56. It’s called a birthday set

For competitive swimmers, 10k+ days are fairly common (or used to be), split generally between morning and evening workouts. Sets might be based closer to 1:20/100m, which drops the total time a bit, though 3h in the pool isn't unusual.

A single workout of 5-6k is pretty typical.

You measure swimming distance in yards? Aren't swimming pools usually 25 meters?

In the United States the vast majority of lap pools are 25 yards. For club, high school, and collegiate swimming 25 yard pools are also the standard and most likely won’t change anytime soon - it’s one thing to adjust a track to run meters versus yards but there are thousands of already built pools that can’t be “extended”. Having said that, it’s not hard to find a long course (50m) or short course (25m) pool either as all international records and competition are held in those formats. Usually a 50m pool with either have a movable bulkhead that can dynamically be adjusted for a specific length, or also common is a 50mx25yd length to be able to have two options.

Yes exactly. My local pool is 50m lengthwise and 25yds the other way.

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