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.
If I end up doing it, I'm just going to wear my watch to keep track of an approximate time. I don't have to count, so I'll have to be doing something...besides swimming, of course.
The times I've done it, I ask for a kickboard to be put in the water (like a lap counter) at each 1000 mark. When I swim, I watch the clock and count lengths pretty closely to keep track of pace, and often it's easy to lose count.
-Rick
If I end up doing it, I'm just going to wear my watch to keep track of an approximate time. I don't have to count, so I'll have to be doing something...besides swimming, of course.
The times I've done it, I ask for a kickboard to be put in the water (like a lap counter) at each 1000 mark. When I swim, I watch the clock and count lengths pretty closely to keep track of pace, and often it's easy to lose count.
-Rick
