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
I've had 4 sessions in the lake now. Either I'm getting used to the temperature, or the temperature has gone up, or both, because I'm not experiencing major shivers when I exit now. Today I covered around 1000m total. I use strokes for measurement. I seem to recall that in the 25m pool, I was often 10.5 full cycles with a pushoff. That's 21 half cycles (or hand entries....both arms). So maybe that would be near 25 half cycles without a pushoff? So, in the lake, I assume each half cycle (or hand entry) is a meter. But I count breaths, which for me is always 3 half cycles. So...100m in the lake? 34 breaths!! (Always round up.)
Right? :)
I wouldn't count on it. I'm in the 12-13 strokes (or "half cycle") per length in the pool. Open water is a TOTALLY different animal. MANY more stroke lengths. Not sure how much is push from the wall and a few UDK's, but my watch reads 1.03m per stroke. Swam in a 100M pool today, and using some of those markers, I was getting roughly 1m per pull, as well. Of course, conditioning is a factor, too. I'm not in the water 4-5 times per week like I had been.
I've had 4 sessions in the lake now. Either I'm getting used to the temperature, or the temperature has gone up, or both, because I'm not experiencing major shivers when I exit now. Today I covered around 1000m total. I use strokes for measurement. I seem to recall that in the 25m pool, I was often 10.5 full cycles with a pushoff. That's 21 half cycles (or hand entries....both arms). So maybe that would be near 25 half cycles without a pushoff? So, in the lake, I assume each half cycle (or hand entry) is a meter. But I count breaths, which for me is always 3 half cycles. So...100m in the lake? 34 breaths!! (Always round up.)
Right? :)
I wouldn't count on it. I'm in the 12-13 strokes (or "half cycle") per length in the pool. Open water is a TOTALLY different animal. MANY more stroke lengths. Not sure how much is push from the wall and a few UDK's, but my watch reads 1.03m per stroke. Swam in a 100M pool today, and using some of those markers, I was getting roughly 1m per pull, as well. Of course, conditioning is a factor, too. I'm not in the water 4-5 times per week like I had been.
