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 think that will get you a reasonable estimate, but I'm amazed you don't lose count!
I only count the breaths on every....um....third half-cycle. So a "200m" is 67 breaths. I find it rather easy to remember the count. Also, google earth pedometer confirms that I am very close to 1m per half-cycle. I swim close to a shoreline and there are several markers that I can use to measure quite accurately.
I think that will get you a reasonable estimate, but I'm amazed you don't lose count!
I only count the breaths on every....um....third half-cycle. So a "200m" is 67 breaths. I find it rather easy to remember the count. Also, google earth pedometer confirms that I am very close to 1m per half-cycle. I swim close to a shoreline and there are several markers that I can use to measure quite accurately.
