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.
I think all masters swimmers should do it at least once during their lifetime, even pure sprinters (like myself). In any case, I prepared for it by doing sets of 500s, 600s, and 800s.
Ack, why? What is the benefit? And if I had to start swimming 500s, 600s, and 800s in practice , my shoulder would fall off. :afraid: And the training would be positively detrimental to my sprinting. No thanks. My team does the Postal, though, so I will watch and applaud from another lane.
As for suits, I don't think I'd wear a brand new Pro in an hour postal. Too much chlorine time and flipping for the delicate fabric. I'm not sure I'd wear an "old" FS II either. My experience with the FS IIs is that, when they wear out and lose their water repellancy, they absorb water rapidly and become a heavy dead weight. So, if the suit is really worn out, it could be counter-productive. A new FS II or an old Pro or old B70 seems better, though I can certainly see how the B70 might be uncomfortable to swim in for an entire hour unless it had really stretched out.
I think all masters swimmers should do it at least once during their lifetime, even pure sprinters (like myself). In any case, I prepared for it by doing sets of 500s, 600s, and 800s.
Ack, why? What is the benefit? And if I had to start swimming 500s, 600s, and 800s in practice , my shoulder would fall off. :afraid: And the training would be positively detrimental to my sprinting. No thanks. My team does the Postal, though, so I will watch and applaud from another lane.
As for suits, I don't think I'd wear a brand new Pro in an hour postal. Too much chlorine time and flipping for the delicate fabric. I'm not sure I'd wear an "old" FS II either. My experience with the FS IIs is that, when they wear out and lose their water repellancy, they absorb water rapidly and become a heavy dead weight. So, if the suit is really worn out, it could be counter-productive. A new FS II or an old Pro or old B70 seems better, though I can certainly see how the B70 might be uncomfortable to swim in for an entire hour unless it had really stretched out.
