Can speed practice alone help long distance endurance?
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If I only practice to improve the speed in short distance, will it help increase the endurance needed for long distance? In other words, say I have trained for several months for (only) speed, could I, one day, suddenly find myself swimming long distance without feeling tired?
(Obviously the opposite is not true: simply being able to swim slow long distance doesn't help improve the speed.)
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Thanks, all. I have poor endurance, never been able to swim more than 100 laps (25-yard pool) with or without a rest. I take a lot of short rests in everyday workout. Though much of it is probably due to inadequate technique. I'm also pretty a newbie in swimming. I mean by "long distance" 2km, 3km, 5km, and more--not race, but at comfortable speed, aiming at some open-water events some day :D (so that I won't drown in the middle of the ocean/river without a wall to hold on :drown:).
Since I'm at a low level not good in either endurance or speed, according to some of you, maybe speed training will help some in endurance now? I find short distance more convenient (and less boring!) as I swim in a 25-yard pool and don't do flip turns. I was thinking, maybe this can be a shortcut for part of endurance training (until I advance to a higher level) :rolleyes:
Thanks, all. I have poor endurance, never been able to swim more than 100 laps (25-yard pool) with or without a rest. I take a lot of short rests in everyday workout. Though much of it is probably due to inadequate technique. I'm also pretty a newbie in swimming. I mean by "long distance" 2km, 3km, 5km, and more--not race, but at comfortable speed, aiming at some open-water events some day :D (so that I won't drown in the middle of the ocean/river without a wall to hold on :drown:).
Since I'm at a low level not good in either endurance or speed, according to some of you, maybe speed training will help some in endurance now? I find short distance more convenient (and less boring!) as I swim in a 25-yard pool and don't do flip turns. I was thinking, maybe this can be a shortcut for part of endurance training (until I advance to a higher level) :rolleyes:
