For me, it's now going on four weeks since my last swim. We were in Turks and Caicos March 7-14 for spring break where I was doing daily open-water swims along the beach. My last swim was a 3-miler on March 13. When we got back to the U.S., we had to go into mandated 14-day quarantine so I wasn't able to get out to go to the pool before they all closed. Who knows when I'll swim again...either open-water warming up (I live in RI), or pools opening again. I am maintaining fitness with bike rides, and a run here and there. And I know I there is other 'dry land' training I could be doing. But my concern when returning to the water is injuring myself because of doing TMTS. I'm just that kind of athlete. Raise you're hand if you think you're a candidate for a TMTS injury too.
Dan
But my concern when returning to the water is injuring myself because of doing TMTS. I'm just that kind of athlete. Raise you're hand if you think you're a candidate for a TMTS injury too.I'm actually not concerned. Throughout my Masters career in the US, I almost always trained to race for two of the 'seasons' (e.g., SCY and SCM) and took the other 'season' easy (typically LCM). But, back in 2012, when I was 45, I decided to gun it HARD for all three seasons, in part for the opportunity to race LCM at the Omaha pool. Through that, I developed a shoulder injury (first in my entire swimming career) that was so bad I had to skip much of 2013 ... and I never really got back into full recovery until 2016. Since then, I've really learned to respect the slow slog of getting back into shape. I try to follow an old 10 Percent Rule from running (e.g., www.active.com/.../the-10-percent-rule-how-to-make-it-work-for-you) and it seems to work well for swimming volume.
But my concern when returning to the water is injuring myself because of doing TMTS. I'm just that kind of athlete. Raise you're hand if you think you're a candidate for a TMTS injury too.I'm actually not concerned. Throughout my Masters career in the US, I almost always trained to race for two of the 'seasons' (e.g., SCY and SCM) and took the other 'season' easy (typically LCM). But, back in 2012, when I was 45, I decided to gun it HARD for all three seasons, in part for the opportunity to race LCM at the Omaha pool. Through that, I developed a shoulder injury (first in my entire swimming career) that was so bad I had to skip much of 2013 ... and I never really got back into full recovery until 2016. Since then, I've really learned to respect the slow slog of getting back into shape. I try to follow an old 10 Percent Rule from running (e.g., www.active.com/.../the-10-percent-rule-how-to-make-it-work-for-you) and it seems to work well for swimming volume.
