OK, new swimming friends, I need some comments. Prior to my new job, I was swimming at lunch with a rather competitive group, M, W, F, and sometimes on Sunday. Now, with my new position, I seldom, if ever can get away at lunch, and so have to resort to swimming at 5:30am. M,W,F the local swim team is there, and so lane space is at a premium, but I feel like I have someone to race, even if it is 13 year olds! On Sat I can swim beside them as well. On T & Th, no kids, more lane space, but actually, very few adults as well (50 x 25 pool, going SCY), so I'm rather lonely, bored, and usually unmotivated and dissatisfied with my swims. Since I got my new job, I've been going T, W, Th, Sat & Sun -- Sun I'm not too motivated either. So I'm considering changing to M,W, F and if I can get away at lunch to swim with my old group, then that's gravy (and an exhausting 3000 to add to my daily total!), but seriously, I enjoy sleeping in a few mornings!! But which ones? Are 5 days a week doing me any good if three of the days are rather non-spectacular? (More yardage) Or would it be better to go M, W, F & Sat & have most likely a great swim four days a week? Comments & rationales please!! (Granted, I still don't really have any masters swimmers to swim with on any day at 5:30 in the morning.
I think 4 good workouts is better than 5 not so good.If you are going to swim some by yourself I'd recommend doing things that are different from what you get in your other swims.Many ,if not most ,Masters workouts give too little time for sprinting so swimming on your own is a good opportunity to do some high intensity/longer rest work.
I think 4 good workouts is better than 5 not so good.If you are going to swim some by yourself I'd recommend doing things that are different from what you get in your other swims.Many ,if not most ,Masters workouts give too little time for sprinting so swimming on your own is a good opportunity to do some high intensity/longer rest work.
