I was thinking about doing the one hour postal in Jan. I have never done one before, so I printed out the information and had a couple questions.
It says that the rules are govern by 2008 USMS Long distance rules, drafting, flotation, and propulsive devices are permitted. (pull buoys, fins, paddles, wet suits, etc.)
My question is can you wear a watch and can you listen to a waterproof MP3 player while doing the swim?
Also is it best to swim this separate from practice, or does it matter? I swim with age groupers and not sure if during this practice time would be the best time. I really don' t think I want to
swim at our 'Y" because the water is always warm and the pool is a slow pool.
Doing intervals is a great way to get through the swim. A few years ago, when I aged up during January, I did the hour swim twice... I did it once SCY continuously, and then I did it again after my birthday, but swam it LCM. To change things up, I did LCM 500's on a sendoff. That made the swim go by pretty well.
If you want to do intervals... I suggest doing something on the medium-to-long range... i.e., don't do 100's. If you ask me, it's better to take 30 seconds after each 500 instead of 5 seconds after each 100. But that's just me.
-Rick
Doing intervals is a great way to get through the swim. A few years ago, when I aged up during January, I did the hour swim twice... I did it once SCY continuously, and then I did it again after my birthday, but swam it LCM. To change things up, I did LCM 500's on a sendoff. That made the swim go by pretty well.
If you want to do intervals... I suggest doing something on the medium-to-long range... i.e., don't do 100's. If you ask me, it's better to take 30 seconds after each 500 instead of 5 seconds after each 100. But that's just me.
-Rick
