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!
One of the aspects of open water swimming that coaches and articles do not address is vomiting.
I got a lot of help with this on the Marathon Swimming Forum (marathonswimmers.org/.../). There can be different reasons, and the solution depends on what caused it (sea sickness, ingesting too much food or liquid feeds, swallowing salt water). Some OW swimmers do seem more prone to it than others, and learn to "feed the fish" without even stopping. It's not as hard as it sounds, unless the retching is particularly violent.
Congratulations on finishing anyway, Celestial!
"Retch and Vomit":
marathonswimmers.org/.../
"Dealing with Sea Sickness":
marathonswimmers.org/.../
One of the aspects of open water swimming that coaches and articles do not address is vomiting.
I got a lot of help with this on the Marathon Swimming Forum (marathonswimmers.org/.../). There can be different reasons, and the solution depends on what caused it (sea sickness, ingesting too much food or liquid feeds, swallowing salt water). Some OW swimmers do seem more prone to it than others, and learn to "feed the fish" without even stopping. It's not as hard as it sounds, unless the retching is particularly violent.
Congratulations on finishing anyway, Celestial!
"Retch and Vomit":
marathonswimmers.org/.../
"Dealing with Sea Sickness":
marathonswimmers.org/.../
