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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So I can't just follow whoever is up ahead of me or follow the main group out there???
How quickly do I need to be able to swim to be able to keep up during open water events? Right now I swim slowly so that I am breathing correctly ( though I was getting stuck behind people when I was in slow mode so my slow is probably medium slow... and what should be a good aim for endurance swimming to judge.. Right now I'm only doing 500's and then plan on moving up a bit each week... I know some long distance swims are 1850's, i don't know how far up they continue to go...
Also, the masters group which is local to me counts in yards. I have never counted in yards, always meters, so when he says they do 3300 and 2800 swims in 1:15, how far is that on a 25 Meter pool??????? or did he mean meters and just said yards by accident? Confused.. :)
Elizabeth
So I can't just follow whoever is up ahead of me or follow the main group out there???
How quickly do I need to be able to swim to be able to keep up during open water events? Right now I swim slowly so that I am breathing correctly ( though I was getting stuck behind people when I was in slow mode so my slow is probably medium slow... and what should be a good aim for endurance swimming to judge.. Right now I'm only doing 500's and then plan on moving up a bit each week... I know some long distance swims are 1850's, i don't know how far up they continue to go...
Also, the masters group which is local to me counts in yards. I have never counted in yards, always meters, so when he says they do 3300 and 2800 swims in 1:15, how far is that on a 25 Meter pool??????? or did he mean meters and just said yards by accident? Confused.. :)
Elizabeth
