Miami University

Looking for motivation to keep with your swimming workouts this semester?  Then we have the perfect program for you!  Our Swim to Turkey program is absolutely free and will challenge and help you to stay motivated while keeping track of your progress.  You also have a chance to win some cool prizes.

Here are the rules:
Each participant will need to swim the distance from Oxford, Ohio to Istanbul, Turkey (approximately 5,494 miles) using the conversion of 25 yards = 2 miles, or 68,575 yards. Below are some example conversions:

• Swimming 5 days a week – 1100 yds/day
• Swimming 3 days a week – 1800 yds/day
• Swimming 2 days a week – 2600 yds/day

Participants must swim this distance between the dates of August 22, 2011 – November 22, 2011.

Participants must sign up in the Aquatic Office between the dates of August 22, 2011 – October 1, 2011 by filling out a registration form and will receive a complimentary Body Composition Pass from the Fitness Center.

For swims to count, participants must come into the office after their swims and tell a staff member who will record the distance on their registration forms.

All swimming to be counted toward the Swim to Turkey program must be completed in this facility.

All swimming strokes, kick boarding, or aqua jogging will count toward miles in this program.

Swimming completed during programmed activities such as ICA, Club, Makos, or Masters practice does NOT count toward miles for this program.

All swimmers who have completed the distance will receive a free 1 month Group Fitness pass, an additional Body Composition Pass, and be entered in a raffle to win prizes and t-shirts.  If a swimmer completes the distance and does not win a t-shirt, the swimmer may purchase the t-shirt.

Names of participants may be included on a bulletin board located in the Aquatic Center that would track participants’ progress.  If you have any objections to this, please inform an aquatics staff member at the time that you sign up.

Please call (513) 529-1844 for additional information or email Jamey at rutschjm@muohio.edu