I've been working on my stroke, body position and breathing 3 - 4 times a week in the pool. I'm not completely new to swimming I just haven't done it in a very long time....decades.
I did my second open water swim today. I swam two miles. It took me about 1/3 of distance (probably a little less) to get warmed up after that I was more comfortable. I could feel my self glide through the water effortlessly and I didn't really have to take any breaks except to spot buoys.
What can I do to get comfortable quicker? In a real race I won't wanna spend a lot of race time warming up. I know how to warm up for bike races and know certain bike races require different types of warm ups. The same goes for running.
Is this just something I have to do more often and will come in time or are there some techniques for this?
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I mostly swim 1,000 meter o.w. races. Mostly my time stays within a certain limit. The first time it took me about 21 minutes, I was scared...then the second time I got down to 19 something and eventually I think I did a couple in 18 something. If I get a time much slower or much faster I always blame the measuring device, and see friends who have also been better or worse. Unless you are a pro, or really fast, your time sticks pretty much to usual baseline time. In a pool you might have the aid of a watch to pace you, or other swimmers, but in the lake all I do is just swim comfortably the first 600 (depending on where the buoy markers are) and then speed up a little for the remainder.
I mostly swim 1,000 meter o.w. races. Mostly my time stays within a certain limit. The first time it took me about 21 minutes, I was scared...then the second time I got down to 19 something and eventually I think I did a couple in 18 something. If I get a time much slower or much faster I always blame the measuring device, and see friends who have also been better or worse. Unless you are a pro, or really fast, your time sticks pretty much to usual baseline time. In a pool you might have the aid of a watch to pace you, or other swimmers, but in the lake all I do is just swim comfortably the first 600 (depending on where the buoy markers are) and then speed up a little for the remainder.
