One hour Postal

RE: One hour Postal

Former Member — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:04:29 GMT

I love the one hour. Once I get in the pool I start singing and pretty soon the hour is over. I used to have a really great timer. Unfortunately, I moved away and now I rely on anyone I can get. I thn it s good to have a timer who can communicate how you are doing so you can do other things while swimming.

RE: One hour Postal

Former Member — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 14:18:49 GMT

LOL.... I never thought about people breaking up the swim. Hmmm not sure how I would do it, I've never done 1 hour without stopping. Thought I should practice to figure out a pace, etc... Starting with a 1650 5 min rest, 2 x1000 5min rest between I did feel faster when doing the 1000's figured I did 3650yds. Going to take out the first 5 min. rest. and stop at 3500 or so rest 5 min finish up and see how that goes. Any suggestions?

RE: One hour Postal

knelson — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 12:49:20 GMT

Skip's right. You can get out and sit on the deck for 45 minutes if you want. Probably won't help your distance much, but if that's what you want to do :) Some people definitely break the swim up. If you think you could do better by doing 100 yard repeats with rest in between, go for it.

RE: One hour Postal

osterber — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 11:27:18 GMT

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

RE: One hour Postal

smontanaro — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:06:52 GMT

This year was the second time I did all five postal swims. I generally do the one-hour swim each year though. The first year I did it, it was all new to me. I just wanted to finish. This year I had a 500 goal pace for the measured distance swims. I think that would be useful in the one-hour swim as well. Figure out a good target pace per 500 yards and work in practice at or near that pace. Skip

RE: One hour Postal

Former Member — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:02:17 GMT

My bad ... my typing dyslexic was showing. I'm to assume this should be a constant swim for 1 hour - no rest until you finish - correct?

RE: One hour Postal

smontanaro — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:49:07 GMT

You can rest all you want. It's just that the clock keeps ticking. ;) Skip Montanaro

RE: One hour Postal

knelson — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 05:35:31 GMT

Yes. If you were allowed to circle you could get a nice draft going. You could plan with your lanemate(s) to trade off the lead every so often and swim quite a bit farther then you would alone.

RE: One hour Postal

fatboy — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 05:19:47 GMT

. Remember you aren't allowed to circle swim,. Is this to prevent drafting?

RE: One hour Postal

knelson — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 03:25:53 GMT

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.) I assume you meant to say are NOT permitted. I think wearing a watch and/or mp3 player is OK. I don't see anything in the long distance rules prohibiting these. As far as where to swim it, do it wherever you can. Remember you aren't allowed to circle swim, so that could make it difficult to do with your age group team. Ideally pick a pool that is nice and cool. Warm water really takes it out of you on long distance swims.