How do you train for the one hour postal?
Currently I swim about 2100 - 2200yds 4 -days a week - 3 days coached w/ age group kids
1 day same yardage but not coached.
I'm thinking about staying late during my coached days and swim an extra 500 -1000 yds after practice. My thinking is this extra yardage is about what I can do to be able to get home and get dinner on the table. Then increase my 1 day not coached to about 3000 yds and do more distance swims. My personal goal is to do any where from 4200 - 4500 in the postal.
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Elise, great job on your 4650 yards. That's very good for a sprinter or distance swimmer.
Geek, I have yet to do this swim in anything other than a speedo poly. However, this year, I'm thinking about wearing something other than a drag suit. I would expect your FS to get beaten up (worn out a bit) by this swim. Not sure I want to wear a B70. I can hardly stand that thing for the mile swim. I may shoot for using an old FSII or old B70. Leaning more towards the FSII as I feel I have more range of motion in it . . . I do think it would be a huge disadvantage to not wear a tech suit of some sort for this swim.
I train on occasion with the Swim Atlanta national distance group. I'll do a few more of their distance workouts this week as a final push. Then it will be back to SR I/ Mid Distance the week or two before the postal.
Elise, great job on your 4650 yards. That's very good for a sprinter or distance swimmer.
Geek, I have yet to do this swim in anything other than a speedo poly. However, this year, I'm thinking about wearing something other than a drag suit. I would expect your FS to get beaten up (worn out a bit) by this swim. Not sure I want to wear a B70. I can hardly stand that thing for the mile swim. I may shoot for using an old FSII or old B70. Leaning more towards the FSII as I feel I have more range of motion in it . . . I do think it would be a huge disadvantage to not wear a tech suit of some sort for this swim.
I train on occasion with the Swim Atlanta national distance group. I'll do a few more of their distance workouts this week as a final push. Then it will be back to SR I/ Mid Distance the week or two before the postal.
