The couple have lost count of how many New Zealand Masters records they have broken in their long careers in the pool.
But they know how many they still hold: Lenore (72) has 10 and Forbes (76) four.
They both added one more record this year with Lenore setting a mark of 4min 47.25sec for the women's aged 70 to 74 200m butterfly.
It reduced the old record by 2min 29sec.
Forbes was part of the Dunedin Masters Swimming Club team that took 16sec off the old mark in the men's aged from 240 to 279 years 200m freestyle relay record.
"I like to have a go at record times. It shows you how fit you are," Lenore said.
"Something like that makes you work harder and gives you a goal to achieve."
Both Lenore and Forbes train harder now than they did as teenage competitive swimmers.
They train on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays in the pool and work out in the gymnasium on Tuesdays and Fridays.
Forbes believes records give swimmers an indication of what rate they are improving or slowing down.
They both added three more individual gold medals to their tally and Forbes got two more in the relays.
"We put the medals in a big box at home," Lenore said.
"We used to let the grandchildren play with them but they have other interests now."
Lenore Sonntag (nee Godfrey) was an elite Otago swimmer in her youth but gave up competitive swimming when she married Forbes.
She came back into the pool at the age of 30 and has been inspired to keep training since the Masters swimming competition started 30 years ago.
Forbes was a talented swimmer at Otago Boys High School, but has really come into his own as a masters swimmer.
The Gold Coast-based Waide brothers - Dave (32) and Rob (36) - returned to their home town to win more Masters Games swimming medals.
Dave won five medals in the men's 30 to 34 class and Rob four in the 35 to 39 age group.
Dave continued his unbeaten record since he first competed at the Masters Games in 1998.
He has now won 28 gold medals.
Rob has competed at eight Masters Games since 1996 and has won 37 gold medals.
"We keep coming back to see the family, meet old friends and have fun," Rob said.
"We hope to be back in two years' time. I enjoy the Masters Games. They have kept me in the water.
"I like to compete against others in the same age as myself.
I still like to develop my competitive edge, get my teeth into it and have a go."
The boys were members of Duncan Laing's squad and have retained the smooth style that has been instilled into them by the master coach and reinforced by their father, Graham Waide, who was Laing's assistant coach.
