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.
The One Hour is not my favorite thing to do but we do it as a team and I have participated for the last three (or maybe four) years. I try to break it down into 15 minute segments just so its not overwhelming but it does get long. We all set time goals and this month we have had several sets to practice our pacing. I think the trick is to start out a LOT slower than it feels like you should, just to get into the right pace and not kill yourself in the first half. I am going to experiment with breathing every stroke to see if that helps my fatigue level in the second half. My one hour is next Tuesday - so looking forward to having it done for another year!
The One Hour is not my favorite thing to do but we do it as a team and I have participated for the last three (or maybe four) years. I try to break it down into 15 minute segments just so its not overwhelming but it does get long. We all set time goals and this month we have had several sets to practice our pacing. I think the trick is to start out a LOT slower than it feels like you should, just to get into the right pace and not kill yourself in the first half. I am going to experiment with breathing every stroke to see if that helps my fatigue level in the second half. My one hour is next Tuesday - so looking forward to having it done for another year!
