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 am debating if I should give it a go this year and would truly appreciate some feedback...
I do not swim freestyle-am I crazy for attempting to swim this all *** stroke?
I usually swim 250- 1000y sets of BR and on average 3000y per workout, so I'm thinking that with 2-4 brief gatorade stops I can make it through 1 hour.
Speed would obviously not be my goal, just making it to the end without giving up would be fine by me.....
Go for it! I have timed several swimmers that have done some of it breaststroke. If you are doing the kind of sets you mention above and do the gatorade stops, you should do well. You might want to consider alternating 1000 yards of *** with 1000 yards of free or alternating 500 *** with 500 free. Swimming it all breaststroke might be a little hard on the knees.
I am debating if I should give it a go this year and would truly appreciate some feedback...
I do not swim freestyle-am I crazy for attempting to swim this all *** stroke?
I usually swim 250- 1000y sets of BR and on average 3000y per workout, so I'm thinking that with 2-4 brief gatorade stops I can make it through 1 hour.
Speed would obviously not be my goal, just making it to the end without giving up would be fine by me.....
Go for it! I have timed several swimmers that have done some of it breaststroke. If you are doing the kind of sets you mention above and do the gatorade stops, you should do well. You might want to consider alternating 1000 yards of *** with 1000 yards of free or alternating 500 *** with 500 free. Swimming it all breaststroke might be a little hard on the knees.
