Hi, all. I'm interested to know: How long distance can you swim in 1 hour, comfortably, with or without short rests? (By "comfortably" I mean it's not like you are racing badly. So I think it's not like the postal swim.) It doesn't matter whether it's in a pool or in open water (obviously in OW you can't rest).
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Everyone, thank you so much for the replies! The reason I was asking this question is that I am a cozy turtle, crawling just a little over 2000 yards in an hour :p. I want to work on the speed and intensity within 1 hour frame since my practice time is limited, so knowing how others do would give me a reference what goal to set at each stage. The replies confirmed that I'm too far behind and I need to work much harder. I am not into racing, but really hope to improve my speed and endurance.
On another note: I used to swim in a 25-meter pool, then switched to a 25-yard one over a year ago. Upon switching, I was not used to the new pool and couldn't swim as well in the beginning. Now after more than a year, this past Christmas I swam again in the former 25-meter pool,
and guess what? I wasn't used to it any more; it took me 3-4 more strokes to cross the pool than when I last used that pool (also got plenty bruises on my hand hitting the lane line), even though my swimming has no doubt improved significantly since then. So it seems different pools, and getting used to each one, have apparently different effect on our swimming?
Everyone, thank you so much for the replies! The reason I was asking this question is that I am a cozy turtle, crawling just a little over 2000 yards in an hour :p. I want to work on the speed and intensity within 1 hour frame since my practice time is limited, so knowing how others do would give me a reference what goal to set at each stage. The replies confirmed that I'm too far behind and I need to work much harder. I am not into racing, but really hope to improve my speed and endurance.
On another note: I used to swim in a 25-meter pool, then switched to a 25-yard one over a year ago. Upon switching, I was not used to the new pool and couldn't swim as well in the beginning. Now after more than a year, this past Christmas I swam again in the former 25-meter pool,
and guess what? I wasn't used to it any more; it took me 3-4 more strokes to cross the pool than when I last used that pool (also got plenty bruises on my hand hitting the lane line), even though my swimming has no doubt improved significantly since then. So it seems different pools, and getting used to each one, have apparently different effect on our swimming?
