I have entered the Swim Around Lido Key event for April 14th. It is about a 7mile swim. The longest I’ve done previous is 3 miles, and that’s sorta like a long workout - took me 74 minutes. Seven miles is a bit longer and I’m wishing for some friendly advice.
Would anyone like to help me in my training for this? I’m wondering about the last week, or “taper week”.
I don’t think I should cut back to much less than 5-6000/day, but maybe I’m wrong here. I’m getting in 8-10,000 on Saturdays now, and have to limit my weekday swims to 5-6000 as it is. I just figure I want to be rested, but don’t want to over do the resting.
Thanks in advance!
Airborne, Thank you, good advice. I’m afraid to go below 4000 though.
Research on tapering is all over the place, but most of it indicates 40-60% drop in volume is the sweet spot.. But the problem with most of the research is that it is on high performance athletes, so it is a fuzzy area when it comes to the average person, and masters for that matter.
One piece of research that might be helpful is that body composition plays a part in it.. and women generally require less taper than men. ( less muscle mass )
What you should do is document whatever you do for this race. and next time you at least can look back and change your strategy. It will not be easy because you are doing an open water event, and there are many variables that could impact performance on race day..
Airborne, Thank you, good advice. I’m afraid to go below 4000 though.
Research on tapering is all over the place, but most of it indicates 40-60% drop in volume is the sweet spot.. But the problem with most of the research is that it is on high performance athletes, so it is a fuzzy area when it comes to the average person, and masters for that matter.
One piece of research that might be helpful is that body composition plays a part in it.. and women generally require less taper than men. ( less muscle mass )
What you should do is document whatever you do for this race. and next time you at least can look back and change your strategy. It will not be easy because you are doing an open water event, and there are many variables that could impact performance on race day..
