Have any of you done this event before? I am planning to attempt this distance for the first time next week. Any advice or suggestions on how to swim this? The longest I've done before this is 5K.
I'm planning to do it for the second time this year (did it in 2005). I didn't really get bored. I was determined to complete the distance. Feeding breaks things up. I swam in a public pool so I had to keep my eyes open for people climbing into the pool and "swimming" (ladies with flowered bathing caps, not the type of people you could get a good draft from). I swam the 5k a month or so before the 10k as well. That might help people's confidence. Of course, building up to the distance in practice is important as well.
A couple comments based on the previous messages in the thread:
* No toys allowed (boards, pull buoys, fins, etc), so if you're planning to make the 5k/10k into workouts take that into consideration.
* You *will* need to take in some nourishment. I recently timed Marcia Cleveland's 10k. She took hammer gel and maxim at the 4k, 6k and 8k marks. So for her it was at about one hour, 90 minutes and two hours.
* If you're semi-serious about a good time, forget the 20-30 second feedings. Marcia's feedings were about 7 seconds each. Of course, Marcia is not your average distance swimmer either.
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Skip Montanaro
I'm planning to do it for the second time this year (did it in 2005). I didn't really get bored. I was determined to complete the distance. Feeding breaks things up. I swam in a public pool so I had to keep my eyes open for people climbing into the pool and "swimming" (ladies with flowered bathing caps, not the type of people you could get a good draft from). I swam the 5k a month or so before the 10k as well. That might help people's confidence. Of course, building up to the distance in practice is important as well.
A couple comments based on the previous messages in the thread:
* No toys allowed (boards, pull buoys, fins, etc), so if you're planning to make the 5k/10k into workouts take that into consideration.
* You *will* need to take in some nourishment. I recently timed Marcia Cleveland's 10k. She took hammer gel and maxim at the 4k, 6k and 8k marks. So for her it was at about one hour, 90 minutes and two hours.
* If you're semi-serious about a good time, forget the 20-30 second feedings. Marcia's feedings were about 7 seconds each. Of course, Marcia is not your average distance swimmer either.
:cheerleader:
Skip Montanaro
