Here's the deal.
I can only swim 50 min to one hour a day, which equates to at most 2000 yards for endurance work and 1500 yards for faster interval work with more rest.
I feel guilty when I read about other peoples yardage. Is anyone putting up some fast freestyle times with this little yardage? If so, what are the times? I really want to know.
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Last year I did for a Ironman 70.3 (that's a 1.2 mile swim). I swam 3-4K twice a week. My coach kept the intervals varied for, 25-200, and only one long swim (1500m). So 1.5 - 2K should be plenty for an endurance base for a 100m. The rest is technique.
The cross training aspect: I ran 3xweek (track, tempo, LSD) and biked twice a week: (10-20miles midweek and 50-70 on weekend); must have aided my swim. I felt too strong coming out for it to have been the swimming alone.
The swim was open water and in a wet suit, but my time was 32 minutes. There has to be a huge cross training effect.
Someone once told me a, "strong, swimmer will beat a weak swimmer, but a smart swimmer will beat a strong swimmer."
Last year I did for a Ironman 70.3 (that's a 1.2 mile swim). I swam 3-4K twice a week. My coach kept the intervals varied for, 25-200, and only one long swim (1500m). So 1.5 - 2K should be plenty for an endurance base for a 100m. The rest is technique.
The cross training aspect: I ran 3xweek (track, tempo, LSD) and biked twice a week: (10-20miles midweek and 50-70 on weekend); must have aided my swim. I felt too strong coming out for it to have been the swimming alone.
The swim was open water and in a wet suit, but my time was 32 minutes. There has to be a huge cross training effect.
Someone once told me a, "strong, swimmer will beat a weak swimmer, but a smart swimmer will beat a strong swimmer."
