How often do you swim long distance non-stop, say 1500m or more? How often is good? I try to plan for myself :)
(Also, when doing that, do you swim only freestyle or sometimes change to different strokes?)
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I've been doing more of this recently. I work out with a group 2x a week (this is a fairly new development, I had been training by myself for the last year) and then the other swims I do during the week are solo. I've started to use these solo swims to do big blocks of distance with the thought that I need the endurance for some open water swims I want to do. To keep from being bored out of my skull I do have a waterproof mp3 player that I am pretty happy with so far. My big problem is keeping track of my distance. I ordered one of those goofy looking finger counter things to try out so I can know just how far I am really going. If I go much further with all the gadgetry I'm going to end up looking mildly bionic... :cool:
I've been doing more of this recently. I work out with a group 2x a week (this is a fairly new development, I had been training by myself for the last year) and then the other swims I do during the week are solo. I've started to use these solo swims to do big blocks of distance with the thought that I need the endurance for some open water swims I want to do. To keep from being bored out of my skull I do have a waterproof mp3 player that I am pretty happy with so far. My big problem is keeping track of my distance. I ordered one of those goofy looking finger counter things to try out so I can know just how far I am really going. If I go much further with all the gadgetry I'm going to end up looking mildly bionic... :cool:
