Its 6am in Texas, air temp 80F water even warmer.....
What is the best way to train for a 200 free under these conditions?
Yesterday I intended to swim 6 x 200m on 3.15 to check how my endurance was, but the heat took over so I tucked some backstroke recovery in there to cool off.
For tomorrow I was planning some broken 200s, but now doubt I'll manage 4 or 5 in a row, should I just do the same and slot in some backstroke recovery? Perhaps lose the cap and take an extra drink? Any ideas?
And before anyone suggests I swim the 50 free instead, I will be swimming that too this week. I would much rather be doing a 400m though.
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Having said that, maybe I'm just rationalizing my situation because the warm water pool I train at is only 1 mile from my house and I'm too lazy or time-strapped to drive 20 to 30 minutes to one of the better, cool-water pools/teams that are here.
Umm yep - thats me too! I'm swimming in our HOA pool which is a great 25m 6 lane pool 5 mins from home but only open June-Aug for morning "lap swim". Come September if I want to carry on the swimming, I'll be back in an indoor pool and need to decide which gym to join 20 min or so away, but that's another subject entirely!
Thanks for the advice...panic is over a little due to the large quantity of rain we had this morning and I'm planning a morning off tomorrow due to: a) threatened thunderstorms
b) severely pissed off and tired husband :bolt:
So lots of rest and ditching the cap when it gets too hot again!
Having said that, maybe I'm just rationalizing my situation because the warm water pool I train at is only 1 mile from my house and I'm too lazy or time-strapped to drive 20 to 30 minutes to one of the better, cool-water pools/teams that are here.
Umm yep - thats me too! I'm swimming in our HOA pool which is a great 25m 6 lane pool 5 mins from home but only open June-Aug for morning "lap swim". Come September if I want to carry on the swimming, I'll be back in an indoor pool and need to decide which gym to join 20 min or so away, but that's another subject entirely!
Thanks for the advice...panic is over a little due to the large quantity of rain we had this morning and I'm planning a morning off tomorrow due to: a) threatened thunderstorms
b) severely pissed off and tired husband :bolt:
So lots of rest and ditching the cap when it gets too hot again!
