Workouts for Open Water Swim??

u352, Last spring I decided to do a 5 mile open water swim in late June. I'm a pretty ordinary Masters swimmer and was swimming ~3000 yds/day 4x/week . For about 5 weeks before the swim, I upped the yardage to 4000-5000/day 2x/week and 3500/yds 2x/week. Just long steady, boring stuff. Finished the swim tired, but not anywhere close to exhausted. Was first in my age group You can do it.

u352, Last spring I decided to do a 5 mile open water swim in late June. I'm a pretty ordinary Masters swimmer and was swimming ~3000 yds/day 4x/week . For about 5 weeks before the swim, I upped the yardage to 4000-5000/day 2x/week and 3500/yds 2x/week. Just long steady, boring stuff. Finished the swim tired, but not anywhere close to exhausted. Was first in my age group You can do it.