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.
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Just to add a little something I am doing even though I train in the ocean. I've been doing 9x800's with just enough rest to hydrate each 800. Oh, I do these 3 days in a row, then 1 day off, and the next 3 days I do 6x800's same rest interval plus 3x800's sprinting every 20 strokes. Then I do something silly, I backfloat for 10 minutes and thank my stars I covered that distance! So every 3 days I take 1 day off; so far, so good; I seem to need the rest! And my mile time is falling now. Im swimming 4 miles in about an hour and 40 minutes.
Just to add a little something I am doing even though I train in the ocean. I've been doing 9x800's with just enough rest to hydrate each 800. Oh, I do these 3 days in a row, then 1 day off, and the next 3 days I do 6x800's same rest interval plus 3x800's sprinting every 20 strokes. Then I do something silly, I backfloat for 10 minutes and thank my stars I covered that distance! So every 3 days I take 1 day off; so far, so good; I seem to need the rest! And my mile time is falling now. Im swimming 4 miles in about an hour and 40 minutes.
