I would love to see what kind of yardage some of you are doing out there. Just ball park numbers. I realize there is much more to swimming than how many yards one does, and training for different events entails differences in yardages, but I would still like to see what everyone is doing so I can know where I fall within the "norm". Also, if anyone knows, I would like to know what some of the masters All American's do as far as yardage. I see times for Jeff Commins in the *** and IM events and wonder how much he must train.
I shoot for 20K per week. Last year for GTD I did 517 miles, so if you average it out it comes to a little more than 17K per week. Most of my practices are 1.5 hours and I'll typically do 5-6,000 yards in those. The others are one hour and 3,500 is typical for those.
You might be surprised how fast some people are swimming without doing a ton of yardage. Jeff Erwin said he's swimming only 3-4,000 per workout, for example, and he's one of the best distance swimmers in USMS.
I shoot for 20K per week. Last year for GTD I did 517 miles, so if you average it out it comes to a little more than 17K per week. Most of my practices are 1.5 hours and I'll typically do 5-6,000 yards in those. The others are one hour and 3,500 is typical for those.
You might be surprised how fast some people are swimming without doing a ton of yardage. Jeff Erwin said he's swimming only 3-4,000 per workout, for example, and he's one of the best distance swimmers in USMS.
