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If you’re looking for a fun fitness challenge, try the 50 Mile Swim Club! Reach your fitness goals this year, or just challenge your friends to a race against
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If you’re looking for a fun fitness challenge, try the 50 Mile Swim Club! Reach your fitness goals this year, or just challenge your friends to a race against the calendar by tracking your laps in the pool throughout the year. Trophies will be awarded to the first three finishers and every swimmer to meet 50 miles will take home a congratulatory T-shirt and bragging rights. Think you have what it takes to swim farther than anyone else on base? Don’t stop swimming after you get to 50! Additional trophies will be awarded to the three competitors who swim the farthest over the course of 2021. Registration is open throughout the year, but you will have to catch up to your competitors, so sign up early at the Outdoor Recreation Center.
Sunday, Aug. 1 –Friday, Oct. 15
Sign up at Potter Fitness Center
Sun., Aug. 1–Thursday, Aug. 5
Ages 16+
Morioka- 100 miles
Sendai- 200 miles
Tokyo- 350 miles
Open to anyone with base access
Participants
Event Details
Sunday, Aug. 1 –Friday, Oct. 15 Sign up at Potter Fitness Center Sun., Aug. 1–Thursday, Aug. 5 Ages 16+ Morioka- 100 miles Sendai- 200 miles Tokyo- 350 miles
Open to anyone with base access
Participants will walk or run on a treadmill, track or nature trail and log their miles at the Potter Fitness Center front desk. For every milestone (city) reached they will receive a prize!
