Hi all,
All winter I have been swimming in an indoor 25m pool. I have build up from about 2000 to 4000m per workout over the course of 4 months (April-now). So this summer I found an outdoor pool which I swim in from 6-7:30 pm. I think the water is cooler than the indoor pool, and there are no lane ropes that cut down on turbulence (though there are very few people swimming laps there at this time). I do tend to go to the indoor pool about an hour or so earlier because of the crowd and because the outdoor pool has all-lap-swimmers at that time. But that shouldn't affect anything.
The problem is that I always lack motivation and I have *yet* to finish a workout in this pool--for example, yesterday I was supposed to swim 3800m but only swam 1250 before I got tired and actually quit--and I've done this every time in that pool. I tried swimming the indoor pool the other day to test, and I swam the whole workout--4000m--without issue.
What's the problem? Is it the water temp, the turbulence, both, neither, or something else? Or could it be mental? I love the outdoor swimming idea but if I can't swim my workout, I don't know how to fix it.
Suggestions?
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I had a similar problem when I first started running (by myself), and also when I got back into the pool. I like to be around other folks.
When I started running, I could not run longer than 20 minutes at a time. So I asked my brother-in-law who is an experienced runner and he told me not to wear a watch, and just run. It was easier to think about running instead of what I had to do and how long I had to go. Maybe instead of going in when the "I have to get in x amount of yards" go in with "I am going to swim and relax".
When I am swimming solo and feel like getting out, I just said to myself--how will not finishing this practice affect me? Will I look back on my season and say "I trained as hard as I possibly could" or will there be those days that I slacked off. That is the serious way to do it.
Maybe if you break it down into smaller segments--instead of having in mind this whole practice that you want to finish, then put a goal for each set--a time, a distance, whatever.
However, getting out is much easier when I am uncomfortable due to pool/air temperature.
Hope this helps...
I had a similar problem when I first started running (by myself), and also when I got back into the pool. I like to be around other folks.
When I started running, I could not run longer than 20 minutes at a time. So I asked my brother-in-law who is an experienced runner and he told me not to wear a watch, and just run. It was easier to think about running instead of what I had to do and how long I had to go. Maybe instead of going in when the "I have to get in x amount of yards" go in with "I am going to swim and relax".
When I am swimming solo and feel like getting out, I just said to myself--how will not finishing this practice affect me? Will I look back on my season and say "I trained as hard as I possibly could" or will there be those days that I slacked off. That is the serious way to do it.
Maybe if you break it down into smaller segments--instead of having in mind this whole practice that you want to finish, then put a goal for each set--a time, a distance, whatever.
However, getting out is much easier when I am uncomfortable due to pool/air temperature.
Hope this helps...
