Some beginner questions: What kind of cross-training do you do? 2. How to find goggle

I am less experienced than a lot of people here, but wanted to bump up your thread hoping others more experienced will respond. Cross training I swim the same number of days per week, although with the craziness of my schedule, most of my swimming is on weekends: back to back masters' practices on Sat. and Sun., as well as an uncoached swim Wed. evening. The Sat. practice is an hour long and on alternating weekends, I add more before/after. Sun. practice is two hours and usually there's no time before/after to add more. Sometimes, though I can add a few mins. before the practice starts. Wed. is about 45 mins. to an hour uncoached. On that day, I keep it fairly simple, adding drills here and there if the lane traffic allows. Since I'm also a runner, the running remains important to me and takes up the other days, as well as some of the swimming days. (On alternating weekends when I'm not swimming long, I run long--this varies depending on what race I'm training for--currently a half marathon, so I'm gradually increasing my distance to 2-2.5 hours run.) I should but usually don't do weight work. How do you like the Pilates. Thinking of taking a class eventually but the days classes are offered at my Y often are days something else is going on or I'm working. Bottom line is that I think it's a matter of your goals and priorities. I started masters' swimming mainly out of curiosity and looking for some good quality cross training for running. Then the swim coach talked me into an ocean swim. Lately I'm aiming for a swim of five and a quarter miles in August. This might be a pipe dream, but it's one that keeps me motivated to increase my distance and work on my stroke. Yet also want to keep setting running goals. Later in the year, November, aiming for a marathon run. I figure the swimming has already given me some great endurance and strength. My running workouts are better quality now, and I think it's b/c of the swimming. *** Goggles Hah! I've decided the "raccoon look" is pretty inevitable. Had a great pair of Barracuda goggles that did a nice job keeping water out and were reasonably comfortable, but lost them during an open water swim... if you're ever swimming in Wildwood's sunset lake and you find them, they're yours! :D Now I'm using a cheapie pair of tinted Speedo goggles that work reasonably well--one of those "need goggles yesterday if not sooner" purchases, so no time to shop. Eventually, I'll try to find another pair of the Barracuda.

I am less experienced than a lot of people here, but wanted to bump up your thread hoping others more experienced will respond. Cross training I swim the same number of days per week, although with the craziness of my schedule, most of my swimming is on weekends: back to back masters' practices on Sat. and Sun., as well as an uncoached swim Wed. evening. The Sat. practice is an hour long and on alternating weekends, I add more before/after. Sun. practice is two hours and usually there's no time before/after to add more. Sometimes, though I can add a few mins. before the practice starts. Wed. is about 45 mins. to an hour uncoached. On that day, I keep it fairly simple, adding drills here and there if the lane traffic allows. Since I'm also a runner, the running remains important to me and takes up the other days, as well as some of the swimming days. (On alternating weekends when I'm not swimming long, I run long--this varies depending on what race I'm training for--currently a half marathon, so I'm gradually increasing my distance to 2-2.5 hours run.) I should but usually don't do weight work. How do you like the Pilates. Thinking of taking a class eventually but the days classes are offered at my Y often are days something else is going on or I'm working. Bottom line is that I think it's a matter of your goals and priorities. I started masters' swimming mainly out of curiosity and looking for some good quality cross training for running. Then the swim coach talked me into an ocean swim. Lately I'm aiming for a swim of five and a quarter miles in August. This might be a pipe dream, but it's one that keeps me motivated to increase my distance and work on my stroke. Yet also want to keep setting running goals. Later in the year, November, aiming for a marathon run. I figure the swimming has already given me some great endurance and strength. My running workouts are better quality now, and I think it's b/c of the swimming. *** Goggles Hah! I've decided the "raccoon look" is pretty inevitable. Had a great pair of Barracuda goggles that did a nice job keeping water out and were reasonably comfortable, but lost them during an open water swim... if you're ever swimming in Wildwood's sunset lake and you find them, they're yours! :D Now I'm using a cheapie pair of tinted Speedo goggles that work reasonably well--one of those "need goggles yesterday if not sooner" purchases, so no time to shop. Eventually, I'll try to find another pair of the Barracuda.