I am planning a 9-mile open water swim at the end of the summer, 2003 from Michingan City, Indiana to New Buffalo, Michigan.
I just got back from masters nationals in Tempe and plan on taking about a week off(I'm bushed). I began training for the 400 IM and 500 free this past year. I faired pretty well in my age-group.
I plan on doing a lot of long distance training this summer paired off with some 5-mile swims from a boat to the coast. Does anyone out there have any other good training advice for this kind of swimming adventure?
Thanks
Mark Urban of Illinois Masters
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Sounds fun!
Of course, there are a million ways to train, but here is one:
Try swims of 1-3 hours where you swim for about 30 min at a stretch at a strong, steady pace and then take 30-ish secs to get some Accelerade (or your favorite drink). Throw in 2 or 3 harder efforts of 5 minutes in each segment, but don't stop at any point except for your drink breaks. This is a good pool workout, because it lets you cover the distance without going completely insane from endless laps without variety. Of course, you should work up to whatever effort/distance you attempt to cover - don't just jump in and do 3 hours the first day.
-LBJ
Sounds fun!
Of course, there are a million ways to train, but here is one:
Try swims of 1-3 hours where you swim for about 30 min at a stretch at a strong, steady pace and then take 30-ish secs to get some Accelerade (or your favorite drink). Throw in 2 or 3 harder efforts of 5 minutes in each segment, but don't stop at any point except for your drink breaks. This is a good pool workout, because it lets you cover the distance without going completely insane from endless laps without variety. Of course, you should work up to whatever effort/distance you attempt to cover - don't just jump in and do 3 hours the first day.
-LBJ
