I am a runner and using swimming (right now) mostly for crosstraining, please don't hurt me. :D I know what these different zones are for running, but I don't know how they would correspond to actually swimming (putting them in practice). For runners, at least in the basic plan I'm following (Lydiard), you are not supposed to do any anaerobic training in your base phase (which I'm in), or very very little. I want to make sure that I am not going into anything more intense than LT, or at least be knowledgeable of what it takes to go into each zone.
I must add - I love swimming, I am thinking of maybe doing a triathlon one day or perhaps joining a club.
Thanks for the help!
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I've got some runners in my class that might disagree with you. One of my swimmers, a female, set a state record in the half-marathon for a 45 year old woman. She did it in 1 hour, 33 minutes. She swears that masters swimming helped her do it.
How does she split up here training time between the two? Do you know her weekly run miles and weekly swim yardage?
Did she break the running record by running less and substite in swimming?
I just don't think top runners (i.e. the ones at Beijing right now) do alot of cross training in the pool to improve their running.
If this girl can ride a bike she is all set.
I've got some runners in my class that might disagree with you. One of my swimmers, a female, set a state record in the half-marathon for a 45 year old woman. She did it in 1 hour, 33 minutes. She swears that masters swimming helped her do it.
How does she split up here training time between the two? Do you know her weekly run miles and weekly swim yardage?
Did she break the running record by running less and substite in swimming?
I just don't think top runners (i.e. the ones at Beijing right now) do alot of cross training in the pool to improve their running.
If this girl can ride a bike she is all set.
