Like many others, I've made the transition to outdoor LCM swimming for the summer. I love it in many ways. But I have noticed that the "garbage yards" problem creeps in when I swim long course. I work on my stroke, which is good, but my tempo and overall intensity drop. I swim with fitness lap swimmers for the most part, or alone. The other day I swam some 100s alternating between easy and hard, and made some progress on the hard ones. But I notice that I anticipate my pool time less because it feels like I'm mailing it in.
Does anybody else have this problem? If so, do you have suggestions for how to introduce more variation and intensity into long course swimming?
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Yes, I do recognize that it takes time. I've done it before successfully; something about the past two summers has been difficult to get over the hump. I took yesterday off, and plan to go hard today--we'll see how it goes.
The advice about breaking things up is good, too. Different tempos for different stretches. Will try that, too.
Thanks!
Yes, I do recognize that it takes time. I've done it before successfully; something about the past two summers has been difficult to get over the hump. I took yesterday off, and plan to go hard today--we'll see how it goes.
The advice about breaking things up is good, too. Different tempos for different stretches. Will try that, too.
Thanks!
