I'm looking at upping my weekly mileage a bit starting next month and want to do a 2x day on Wednesdays since I normally take Thursdays as a rest day. Later this spring, I might look at adding a second 2x day per week.
For those of you who do some two-a-day workouts, how do you structure them? More distance in the morning, then a follow up in the evening (so say 3500 am, 2000 pm)? Or do you split them doing speed work in the morning? Looking for any ideas on how to break them up and still make them useful, not junk miles.
Thanks in advance - Kari
Great questions and great suggestions, y'all. I appreciate it. This forum is such a great source of ideas and information. I like several of the ideas presented. Any others out there?
Swimspire, you're right, thanks! Yes, I've actually been working with a stroke coach the past 2 months and he's helped a ton already. I did that mainly to make sure as I put these miles in, that I can do it with less of a chance of being injured by overuse on the wrong stroke. He's been pretty amazing.
The goal is that I'm training for my first big, big swim - 12.5 miles (~20k) around Key West in late June and think I'll be fairly competitive for the Master's age group. I'm getting long swims in on the weekend (building in 4-week cycles much like I did in my ultra-running days), but would like to do more during the week than just my 1 hour Master's swims in the mornings. Thought that adding volume on Wednesdays by doing a 2nd workout, that it would help in the overall training the next couple of months. I do take Thursdays and Sundays off, which are (will be) the days after the higher volume days. I also take occasional days off when I do feel overtraining coming on. This month, I've been averaging about 20-23k per week, but would like to get that closer to 25-28k/week in April/May.
Sounds like a great plan! Good luck on your swim and keep us posted!
Great questions and great suggestions, y'all. I appreciate it. This forum is such a great source of ideas and information. I like several of the ideas presented. Any others out there?
Swimspire, you're right, thanks! Yes, I've actually been working with a stroke coach the past 2 months and he's helped a ton already. I did that mainly to make sure as I put these miles in, that I can do it with less of a chance of being injured by overuse on the wrong stroke. He's been pretty amazing.
The goal is that I'm training for my first big, big swim - 12.5 miles (~20k) around Key West in late June and think I'll be fairly competitive for the Master's age group. I'm getting long swims in on the weekend (building in 4-week cycles much like I did in my ultra-running days), but would like to do more during the week than just my 1 hour Master's swims in the mornings. Thought that adding volume on Wednesdays by doing a 2nd workout, that it would help in the overall training the next couple of months. I do take Thursdays and Sundays off, which are (will be) the days after the higher volume days. I also take occasional days off when I do feel overtraining coming on. This month, I've been averaging about 20-23k per week, but would like to get that closer to 25-28k/week in April/May.
Sounds like a great plan! Good luck on your swim and keep us posted!
