tennis, life and a few things in between

Done 21 miles in total for the month of June!

~ my swimming log ~

Red Cross has a swimming challenge in June, again, and I’m taking it again. This is honor system and you do at your own pace and ability.

This time, I didn’t active fundraising. But if your charitable budget still available, please do consider making one.

Technical part of it:

• 1 mile equals to 1,760 yards (15 miles = 26,400 yards), 88 laps in a 20-yard pool.
• How I keep track: using Fitbit Versa 2. However, the watch isn’t the most realizable … sometimes it just stops.
• Music: I listened to Beethoven’s violin concerto the most because I LOVE it, and it lasts about 45 minutes, which is about the same time I do a mile with breast stroke. Being geeky, here is an analysis of Henryk Szeryng, Itzhak Perlman, Clara Jumi-Kang and Hilary Hahn, playing this piece.
• Headphone: X7. This brand’s quality is so so but inexpensive. It’s also the reason I do breast stroke, to keep my head above water most of the time for better sound. But this headphone can take flip turns but not backstroke.
• Stroke: I do breast stroke most often.

My Log – in yard: starting time, temperature/water temp, music I listened, and cumulative total.

1. ^{June 01} 500 yards
2. ⁰² 1,840 ^{7:23am, 47 min; 80/83; Beethoven violin concerto by Perlman 2,340}
3. ⁰³ 1,720 ^{6:38am, 45 min; 70/83; Whitney Houston; 4,060}
4. ⁰⁴ 320 … ^{4,380 … 22,020 yards to go}
5. ⁰⁵ 1,700 ^{06:45am, 45 min; 80/82; Beethoven violin concerto Perlman 6,080} 
6. ⁰⁶ 340 ^{6,420 … 19,980 yards to go} 
7. ⁰⁷ 1,960 ^{6:53am, 52 min, 78/82; Beethoven violin concerto Perlman; 8,380}
8. ⁰⁸ 2,240 ^{6:52am, 1:01, 76/82; 2’46″/100yd. Beethoven violin concerto Hahn. 10,620}
9. ⁰⁹ 200 ^{after 3-6, 5-7. 10,820 … 15,580 yards to go} 
10. ¹⁰ 1,900 ^{6:49am; 50 min; 76/82; multi composers; 12,720}
11. ¹¹ 1,660 ^{7:38am; 43 min; 78/82, Mozart; 14,380 half way!} 
12. ¹² 1,800 ^{7:06am; 48 min; 75/83, Mozart; 16,180 full fm rain} 
13. ¹³ 200 ^{8pm, 82/85; 16,380}
14. ¹⁴ 2,140 ^{6:45am, 56 min; 75/82; multiple; 18,520 … 7,880 to go}
15. ¹⁵ 160 ^{18,680 … 7,720 yard to go}
16. ¹⁷ 2,360 ^{6:40am 1:01; 75/81; Mozart; 21,040 … 5,360 yd to go}
17. ¹⁸ 540 ^{21,580; Brahms by Hahn. 4,820 yd to go}
18. ¹⁹ 2,540 ^{6:46am, 59 min, 75/81. Fischer‘s Tchaikovsky. 24,120; 2,280 to go}
19. ²⁰ 280 ^{8:30pm 24,400; 2,000 to go!}
20. ^{21 *}2,620 ^{6:59am, 1 hr; 81/82. Hahn‘s Tschaikowsky. 27,020 yd / 15.35 miles}  
21. ²² 360 ^27,380
22. ²⁴ 1,840 ^{6:43am; 49 min. 72/82; 2’11″/100yd. 29,220}
23. ²⁵ 1,580 ^{7:25am,  46 min. 71/82, Yellow River; 30,800}
24. ²⁶ 1,660 ^{7:01am, 39 min; 71/82 2’06″/100yd; Yellow River. 32,460 1.56m shy of 20m}
25. ²⁷ 200 ^32,660
26. ²⁸ 1,240 ^{6:51am, 35 min; 77/82;  Tchaikovsky – Argerich. 33,900 =19.26m}
27. ²⁹ 1,120 ^{7:43a, 30 min; 76/82; Tchaikovsky – Bell. 35,020 180 yd →20m}  
28. ³⁰ 2,000 ^{7:05am, 53 min; 76/82; Tchaikovsky – Lang. 37,020 yd / 21 mile}