I *think* I know the answer to this but I wanted to confirm -
Getting ready to swim the 25K USMS OW swim next Saturday. And yeah, yeah, I know everyone on here is going to say that doing the 25 is crazy. But it will be done. :wiggle: Insert loco smiley here.
I also signed up for USA-S GA Senior State meet which is 5 days after the 25K. The meet is the following Thursday, Friday, Saturday. Is it just asking for an injury to race that soon after the 25K? I've never done that kind of distance before. Or can I swim a couple of events (I will scratch finals) if I feel fine and nothing is hurting me? Or should I just expect to feel terrible for a week after the swim?
I've never been in better shape in my life. That's probably a good thing with the 25K coming up.
Thanks!
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Thanks Rick. Yes. I can't agree with good sense. I did have to ask. . . so. . . that says a lot!
Well, the longest swim I ever did was a 10K race about a month ago. It was a piece of cake and easier than my normal daily practice. Had zero recovery issues (got back in for Monday's practice with the kids without problem, swam regular practices, had a great meet a couple of weeks later.) However, I know I can't compare a 25K to a 10K. This is completely unknown territory. I think I will plan on being trashed.
When you say "complete wipe-out," I understand. Woa!
To echo one or two other remarks... if you're asking in the first place, that's your first sign that it's a bad idea.
Since you're asking the question, my assumption is that this is the first time you've ever done a 25K open water race. What's the longest open water race you've done prior to this? How long did it take you to recover from that?
My wife ran her first marathon a year and change ago. She was doing lots of good training for it, getting up to (I think) an 18 mile training run. Her level of complete wipe-out after the 26 mile race was a couple orders of magnitude more than her fatigue after the 18 mile training run.
-Rick
Thanks Rick. Yes. I can't agree with good sense. I did have to ask. . . so. . . that says a lot!
Well, the longest swim I ever did was a 10K race about a month ago. It was a piece of cake and easier than my normal daily practice. Had zero recovery issues (got back in for Monday's practice with the kids without problem, swam regular practices, had a great meet a couple of weeks later.) However, I know I can't compare a 25K to a 10K. This is completely unknown territory. I think I will plan on being trashed.
When you say "complete wipe-out," I understand. Woa!
To echo one or two other remarks... if you're asking in the first place, that's your first sign that it's a bad idea.
Since you're asking the question, my assumption is that this is the first time you've ever done a 25K open water race. What's the longest open water race you've done prior to this? How long did it take you to recover from that?
My wife ran her first marathon a year and change ago. She was doing lots of good training for it, getting up to (I think) an 18 mile training run. Her level of complete wipe-out after the 26 mile race was a couple orders of magnitude more than her fatigue after the 18 mile training run.
-Rick
