I'm curious what my fellow slow twitchers do to train for the longest pool events. Of particular interest is input from those of you who also swam as a youth. With way less yardage that you used to do, what can be done to be able to survive a decent mile?
In my case, workouts are limited to an hour and there are usually 3+ per lane, so sets can't be dedicated just to my interests. However, the coaches are quite willing to do what they can for me.
I had a really unpleasant weekend where I raced a 1500 on Friday. I faded a bit and the struggle trying to maintain pace really drained me. In fact, I was really stiff and sore the next day (mainly my lats). I had to kill myself in the 800 on Sat. just to match my 800 split from the previous day. I was still stiff on Sunday.
Monday night, I finally felt recovered from that 1500. Coach had us do a 500 right after warmup. Since I was feeling pretty good, I pushed it, hard. My time in that practice 500 converts to a 400 SCM 5 seconds faster than what I did in the meet on Sunday. I don't know if that's encouraging or depressing. :lmao:
Great thread - I'm planning on doing my first mile (1500 scm) in a month, so this is great. :bliss:
Agreed! Great stuff! I plan on swimming the 1650 at Auburn, in February; my first opportunity to try that event out.
I am a breaststroke sprinter with the 50 breaststroke as my best event. And, I will never give it up. But, I keep hearing my coach say, "Another sign of a distance swimmer...", when he sees my splits improve towards the end of our distance freestyle training that we do together on Thursdays. Between my 900 and 2000 fly, hearing my coaches constant, "Another sign of a distance swimmer" comments, and having a blast swimming my first 3K open water swim and then running right back out to join the 1k group, I think I am now convinced this is where I belong. :D (Hopefully, my body will hold up!)
Great thread - I'm planning on doing my first mile (1500 scm) in a month, so this is great. :bliss:
Agreed! Great stuff! I plan on swimming the 1650 at Auburn, in February; my first opportunity to try that event out.
I am a breaststroke sprinter with the 50 breaststroke as my best event. And, I will never give it up. But, I keep hearing my coach say, "Another sign of a distance swimmer...", when he sees my splits improve towards the end of our distance freestyle training that we do together on Thursdays. Between my 900 and 2000 fly, hearing my coaches constant, "Another sign of a distance swimmer" comments, and having a blast swimming my first 3K open water swim and then running right back out to join the 1k group, I think I am now convinced this is where I belong. :D (Hopefully, my body will hold up!)
