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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Absolutely, for as a kayak escort, sprinters have no trouble taking on the surf and strong currents. Kayak escort?? I've seen these on only one FINA World Cup venue (all other venues would use motor boats).
Are you located in Atlantic City?
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And in one race (which I didn't do), about two thirds (700 out over 1000) swimmers were yanked. So in a race that takes me 2 1/2 hours to finish, which I normally can do in just a little over an hour, you bet my technique will be shot Ok. We're probably not in a World Cup Event here.
In Atlantic City there's this race (I think it's called Marathon around the Island) that starts off in the Ocean and finishes in some backward rivers (22.5 miles I think). Funny enough, one year, there was a spot that was so rough to swim, that the swimmers were allowed to be towed by their coaches (in the kayak) over a 100m stretch. Otherwise, every one would swim backward ;-) (that was under a big bridge prior entering the river portion, for those who are familiar with this venue)
Absolutely, for as a kayak escort, sprinters have no trouble taking on the surf and strong currents. Kayak escort?? I've seen these on only one FINA World Cup venue (all other venues would use motor boats).
Are you located in Atlantic City?
** edit **
And in one race (which I didn't do), about two thirds (700 out over 1000) swimmers were yanked. So in a race that takes me 2 1/2 hours to finish, which I normally can do in just a little over an hour, you bet my technique will be shot Ok. We're probably not in a World Cup Event here.
In Atlantic City there's this race (I think it's called Marathon around the Island) that starts off in the Ocean and finishes in some backward rivers (22.5 miles I think). Funny enough, one year, there was a spot that was so rough to swim, that the swimmers were allowed to be towed by their coaches (in the kayak) over a 100m stretch. Otherwise, every one would swim backward ;-) (that was under a big bridge prior entering the river portion, for those who are familiar with this venue)
