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
In 2013, I had an overtraining event in my right shoulder. In 2015, I smashed my left shoulder in a bike crash. They both seem to be in the same condition as the other now, so I'm thinking it likely best described as age-related degen eration.
In my 50's (I'm 67), my big even was an anual 2.25 mile race across a lake at the end of July. After not wimmign for a few years, at the beginning of July 2018, I started trainging (300 yards, 3X aweek) for the 2019 race. Which I did.
But I was lucky to finish (and it's a jackass thing to do an open water swim that you need luck just to finish), and both my shoulders were very sore for months. They felt OK after the race, but...
SXo, I've tried to swim 3 X per week about 1200 yards. When I ramp up, I get sore.
I'm hoping this enforced break will allow my shoulder to heal. I THINK they'll just age some more, but I'm hoping they'll heal.
I'll be starting very gingerly. It's important to me to be able to pop in a lake and swim 500 or 1000 yards and that doesn't seem like a sure thing anymore.
In 2013, I had an overtraining event in my right shoulder. In 2015, I smashed my left shoulder in a bike crash. They both seem to be in the same condition as the other now, so I'm thinking it likely best described as age-related degen eration.
In my 50's (I'm 67), my big even was an anual 2.25 mile race across a lake at the end of July. After not wimmign for a few years, at the beginning of July 2018, I started trainging (300 yards, 3X aweek) for the 2019 race. Which I did.
But I was lucky to finish (and it's a jackass thing to do an open water swim that you need luck just to finish), and both my shoulders were very sore for months. They felt OK after the race, but...
SXo, I've tried to swim 3 X per week about 1200 yards. When I ramp up, I get sore.
I'm hoping this enforced break will allow my shoulder to heal. I THINK they'll just age some more, but I'm hoping they'll heal.
I'll be starting very gingerly. It's important to me to be able to pop in a lake and swim 500 or 1000 yards and that doesn't seem like a sure thing anymore.
