Hi everyone! I am BRAND new to the site. but in no way new to the sport. I am a collegiate swimmer at the moment, and actually my questions which are to follow are a little out of character as I am definatly a sprinter versus a distance swimmer.
However, having said that, I am currently planning a long distance swim for charity. I currently swim 5-6days a week around 5000yards day. How much should I increase this? Is there any training schedule out there for yardage leading up to a distance event?
I also have taken interest in Martin Strel, the ultra-marathon swimmer, who set the world record of 84 hours 10minutes consecutive swim. HOW the HECK did he do that? :dunno: I have had a hard time contacting him as he is planning his 70day swim of the Amazon river, but obviously he must have been getting supplements some how during that swim, so if it was a consecutive swim, how did he manage that? If anyone has any information regarding that topic I am DESPERATE to be informed :D
thanks in advance for everyones help!
Morgan
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I am 20years old, and like I said, I swim a good deal every day, and have every means to swim straight time goal swims (like a 3hour consecutive swim) and so on...
Im planning this swim for May 2008 so I have about a year and a half, maybe a bit more depending on when in May. I'm not actually going for a distance goal, im going for a time goal...and I don't really want to disclose how long I plan to swim for but lets say for now around 24hours. I've done 12hour swims before with ease, but in those previous swims, I have stopped for 30seconds here and there to eat and drink and such...
I know many people have completed these insanely long consecutive swims but how do they feed? I'm not sure thats something I would ever intend to do, but I am very intrigued as to how the do it?
Thanks for any insight you can give.
p.s. no open water-this is all in a pool or swim chanel
I am 20years old, and like I said, I swim a good deal every day, and have every means to swim straight time goal swims (like a 3hour consecutive swim) and so on...
Im planning this swim for May 2008 so I have about a year and a half, maybe a bit more depending on when in May. I'm not actually going for a distance goal, im going for a time goal...and I don't really want to disclose how long I plan to swim for but lets say for now around 24hours. I've done 12hour swims before with ease, but in those previous swims, I have stopped for 30seconds here and there to eat and drink and such...
I know many people have completed these insanely long consecutive swims but how do they feed? I'm not sure thats something I would ever intend to do, but I am very intrigued as to how the do it?
Thanks for any insight you can give.
p.s. no open water-this is all in a pool or swim chanel
