{"id":2226,"date":"2025-10-03T08:30:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T08:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clube-swim4fun.pt\/?p=2226"},"modified":"2025-10-06T10:00:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T10:00:19","slug":"e-se-falassemos-de-numeros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clube-swim4fun.pt\/en\/e-se-falassemos-de-numeros\/","title":{"rendered":"What if we talked about numbers?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/clube-swim4fun.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-6-1024x438.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2241\" style=\"width:1200px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clube-swim4fun.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-6-1024x438.png 1024w, https:\/\/clube-swim4fun.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-6-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/clube-swim4fun.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-6-18x8.png 18w, https:\/\/clube-swim4fun.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-6.png 1789w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Numbers are part of our life:<br>Bibiana counts the students in the sea so as not to lose anyone behind a wave or carried away by the current; we, swimmers, count strokes to entertain ourselves during races or to complete a task in the pool; those who follow nutrition know how many proteins they can consume daily; triathletes know that, depending on the distance, they have to take one or more gels, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And in our daily lives, many decisions are made (or should be) based on numbers, because after all, they do not obey the whim of the moment: they are the only ones that reveal a truth when properly deciphered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Who doesn\u2019t feel amazed when seeing a symmetrical license plate, or when faced with figures that, geometrically and magically, fit together to give rise to wonderful paintings?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"305\" height=\"293\" src=\"https:\/\/clube-swim4fun.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clube-swim4fun.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image.jpeg 305w, https:\/\/clube-swim4fun.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-300x288.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/clube-swim4fun.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-12x12.jpeg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 305px) 100vw, 305px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As Jorge Luis Borges once said: \u2018The concept of number is perhaps the greatest instrument of the human mind.\u2019<br>And following that thought, let\u2019s share the numbers of the Swim4Fun Club during this year and a bit of activity, so that everyone can draw their own conclusions \ud83d\ude0a. <strong>n\u00fameros do Clube Swim4Fun<\/strong> durante este ano e pouco de atividade, para que cada um tire as suas pr\u00f3prias conclus\u00f5es \ud83d\ude0a.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Members in 2025<\/strong>: 85 (+45 YoY)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Races Participated in 2025: <\/strong>22<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Total race registrations in 2025: <\/strong>156<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Total swam km: in 2025: <\/strong>310 Km<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Distances Swam in 2025 <\/strong>22km, 20 km, 10 km, 5 km, 4 km, 3.8 km, 3 km, 2.5, 2Km, 1.9km, 1.6km, 1.5km, 1.3 Km, 750m<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Licensed athletes in 2025&nbsp; <\/strong>20<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Inscritos no CCNA (campeonato nacional) 2025:<\/strong>14<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>oes it seem little? Does it seem a lot? Does it seem so-so?<br>The results of 2025 are in our hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And, more than anything, during this year, we were part of something that could spread, multiply, and inspire those around us, perhaps even transform into something where the sum of each swimmer-piece is more than the mathematical total: a number we cannot even imagine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1021\" height=\"649\" src=\"https:\/\/clube-swim4fun.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2229\" style=\"width:1112px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clube-swim4fun.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-2.png 1021w, https:\/\/clube-swim4fun.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-2-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/clube-swim4fun.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-2-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1021px) 100vw, 1021px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And you, what do you envision or 2026?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Members in 2025 <\/strong>em 2026: <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-secondary-color\">???<\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Races Participated in 2026::<\/strong>: <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-secondary-color\">???<\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Total race registrations in 2026:<\/strong>: <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-secondary-color\">???<\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Distances Swam in 2026:<\/strong>: <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-secondary-color\">???<\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Distances Swam in 2026:<\/strong>: 22km, 20km, 10 km, 5 km, 4 km, 3.8 km, 3 km, 2.5 km, 2 km, 1.9 km, 1.6 km, 1.5 km, 1.3 km, 750 m, + <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-secondary-color\">???<\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Licensed athletes in 2026:<\/strong>: <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-secondary-color\">???<\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Inscritos no CCNA (campeonato nacional) 2026:<\/strong> <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-secondary-color\">???<\/mark><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"929\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/clube-swim4fun.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clube-swim4fun.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-5.png 929w, https:\/\/clube-swim4fun.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-5-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/clube-swim4fun.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-5-18x10.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 929px) 100vw, 929px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Swim4Fun<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Os n\u00fameros fazem parte da nossa vida:a Bibiana conta os alunos no mar para n\u00e3o perder ningu\u00e9m atr\u00e1s de uma onda ou levados pela corrente; n\u00f3s, nadadores, contamos as bra\u00e7adas para nos entretermos nas provas ou para realizar uma tarefa na piscina; quem \u00e9 adepto da nutri\u00e7\u00e3o sabe quantas prote\u00ednas pode ingerir diariamente; quem \u00e9 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clube-swim4fun.pt\/en\/e-se-falassemos-de-numeros\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;E se fal\u00e1ssemos de n\u00fameros?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sem-categoria-en"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/clube-swim4fun.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-1.png","author_info":{"display_name":"Clube Swim4fun","author_link":"https:\/\/clube-swim4fun.pt\/en\/author\/geralclube-swim4fun-pt\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clube-swim4fun.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clube-swim4fun.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clube-swim4fun.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clube-swim4fun.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clube-swim4fun.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/clube-swim4fun.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clube-swim4fun.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clube-swim4fun.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clube-swim4fun.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clube-swim4fun.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}