Hello All...
My name is Elizabeth and I have a quick question. I used to be a swimmer but haven't since high school because I do not do well with competing for time.
But I love the distance... so my question is this....
Is there long distance swimming that is more based on endurance than on time... if so, what is this called? Is this a professional event thing, or is there ameteur... What's the longest distance out there... etc. etc.
Thanks, I appreciate any comments.
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Hey Sharon,
I did 500 meters tonight pretty much non-stop but I did it very slowly and focused hard on my breathing. Only when I found myself pushing myself did I start not breathing correctly... so this will be my goal, to continue slowly until I'm completely comfortable and breathing correctly and getting enough oxygen while slowly increasing speed. I had to stop a couple times not on my own behalf, but because I was in the med lane which seemed to be going painstakingly slow and I didn't want to pass them. The fast lane was way to fast for me and I knew it was so I figured better to stay in the med/slow lane and just work on breathing.
I will work on the technique you described below and make sure I'm doing that correctly... I honestly have to wonder if the reason I had troubles in high school had a lot to do with the breathing issue, just wearing out too fast... I never had formal training to learn this stuff....
I felt so great tonight and I most certainly could have kept going but my friend quit after 350 ( she's not that much into swimming, I think she's just hanging in there to help me out) and I am there as a guest with her right now.... She hopped out early, and she said "I'm amazed you didn't keep going, you were just gliding away" That acknoledgement felt good. :)
We played an hour of raquetball BEFORE swimming ( whoo doggie, it was a workout today!) and I still have a 1-2 mile walk with the dog tonight... croak.
I think Julie wants to workout every other day, so I'll swim on her off days. The Y gave me two more passes to get me through till payday for sign up. :) it was very nice of them.
Elizabeth
Hey Sharon,
I did 500 meters tonight pretty much non-stop but I did it very slowly and focused hard on my breathing. Only when I found myself pushing myself did I start not breathing correctly... so this will be my goal, to continue slowly until I'm completely comfortable and breathing correctly and getting enough oxygen while slowly increasing speed. I had to stop a couple times not on my own behalf, but because I was in the med lane which seemed to be going painstakingly slow and I didn't want to pass them. The fast lane was way to fast for me and I knew it was so I figured better to stay in the med/slow lane and just work on breathing.
I will work on the technique you described below and make sure I'm doing that correctly... I honestly have to wonder if the reason I had troubles in high school had a lot to do with the breathing issue, just wearing out too fast... I never had formal training to learn this stuff....
I felt so great tonight and I most certainly could have kept going but my friend quit after 350 ( she's not that much into swimming, I think she's just hanging in there to help me out) and I am there as a guest with her right now.... She hopped out early, and she said "I'm amazed you didn't keep going, you were just gliding away" That acknoledgement felt good. :)
We played an hour of raquetball BEFORE swimming ( whoo doggie, it was a workout today!) and I still have a 1-2 mile walk with the dog tonight... croak.
I think Julie wants to workout every other day, so I'll swim on her off days. The Y gave me two more passes to get me through till payday for sign up. :) it was very nice of them.
Elizabeth
