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Swim your way to great prizes and better health in 2008! City of Scottsdale Aquatics is offering you a chance to earn great prizes for every lap you swim at a Scottsdale pool through “The Amazing Swim” program.
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How Does It Work?
Every time you lap swim at a Scottsdale pool, you will earn yards/miles depending on how many laps you swam that day. You will keep a running total of your yards/miles, which will be translated into the distance it takes to swim to different destinations around the world. You will earn prizes once you’ve swam to different destinations.
For more information call or visit one of Scottsdale’s pools:
- Cactus (7202 E. Cactus Rd.) - 480.312.7961
- Chaparral - Summer Only (5401 N. Hayden Rd.) - 480.312.2361
- Eldorado (2301 N. Miller Rd.) - 480.312.2361
- McDowell Mountain Ranch (15525 N. Thompson Peak Pkwy.) - 480.312.6677
The Amazing Swim program ends December 31, 2008.
What Are The Benefits?
Swimming offers great health benefits, including building endurance, muscle strength and cardio-vascular fitness. The average swimmer can burn nearly 600 calories per hour. What are you waiting for, come see how far you can swim!
How Far Will I Swim?
In “The Amazing Swim” you will earn prizes based on the number of yards/miles that you swim. Below is the list of the different destinations that you will be swimming to and the cumulative miles that you will earn.
| DESTINATION |
TOTAL MILES |
TOTAL YARDS |
| Alcatraz |
3.25 |
7,720 |
| Strait of Gibraltar |
8 |
14,217 |
| Florida Keys |
100 |
15,000 |
| Reindeer Lake |
151.5 |
250,000 |
| Miami to Bahamas |
180 |
297,000 |
| Lake Winnipesaukee |
182 |
300,000 |
| Chesapeake Bay |
189 |
312,000 |
| Oahu |
227 |
399,520 |
| Hawaii |
266 |
438,900 |
| Grand Canyon |
277 |
457,050 |
| English Channel |
350 |
577,500 |
| Erie Canal |
364 |
600,000 |
| Madiera Island |
378 |
624,000 |
The Amazing Swim Rules
- To complete The Amazing Swim you must swim a total of 500,000 yards, or 303 miles, by Dec. 31, 2008.
- Beginners are welcome to participate. The average beginner swimmer at our facilities swims 5,000 yards per week. The beginner course for The Amazing Swim is 250,000 yards, or 151.5 miles.
- One mile is equal to 1,650 yards.
- You are responsible for keeping track of your yardage and logging it in the logbook provided at the front desk at each pool facility.
- In order for your yardage to count, you must participate during public lap swim hours and pay the admitance fee.
- Master’s practice does not count toward The Amazing Race competition.
- At the halfway point (250,000 yards), you will earn a small prize. Please check with the front desk staff to claim your prize.
- Upon completion of The Amazing Swim (500,000 yards), you will receive a T-shirt.