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?)
I voted never... not since I had an outdoor meet in my youth. My coach thought the 1500M would be a great race for me, as I had a "loping" stroke at the time.
Unfortunately, the kid next to me swam spot on with me all the way through, so we nearly killed each other trying to inch ahead here, or at the next turn, or... At the end, we sprinted (as much as was left anyway) the last 50M, all the way to the wall. We ended up friends for a long time after that meet, and to this day, I will never, ever, do THAT again!
My longest practice length is repeating 500's.
I voted never... not since I had an outdoor meet in my youth. My coach thought the 1500M would be a great race for me, as I had a "loping" stroke at the time.
Unfortunately, the kid next to me swam spot on with me all the way through, so we nearly killed each other trying to inch ahead here, or at the next turn, or... At the end, we sprinted (as much as was left anyway) the last 50M, all the way to the wall. We ended up friends for a long time after that meet, and to this day, I will never, ever, do THAT again!
My longest practice length is repeating 500's.
