Hi all,
I need some advice on where to find complete trainings for a 36km open water course.
We are a group of 4 swimmers (25~34 years old), and we are planning to cross the Rio de la Plata River, from Colonia (Uruguay) to Buenos Aires (Argentina) next feb/2004.
In average, we are swimming between 20/30kms a week, always in closed pools. It's too cold to jump into the sea yet...
Any tips, help or links will be highly appreciated.
thanks in advance.
M.
Without more information, it’s hard to give specific advice. For instance:
Are you swimming the 36K as a relay, or are each of you swimming the entire distance?
How much open water experience do you have?
What are the anticipated conditions (temperature, currents, wave, etc.)?
How much time do you have before the swim?
Without knowing your current level of experience and swim conditions, my best advice at this point is that you get a copy of Open Water Swimming by Penny Lee Dean. This is an excellent guide to open water and marathon swimming for both novice and experienced open water swimmers, written by one of the greatest open water marathon swimmers.
As for training in a pool to prepare for a marathon swim. If you are already a competent open water swimmer, then training in a pool should not be a real problem. I have swum a few 25K to 40K races in which almost all of my training was pool based. Obviously it is better to train some in the open water, but lack of open water training time should not deter you from your goal.
Without more information, it’s hard to give specific advice. For instance:
Are you swimming the 36K as a relay, or are each of you swimming the entire distance?
How much open water experience do you have?
What are the anticipated conditions (temperature, currents, wave, etc.)?
How much time do you have before the swim?
Without knowing your current level of experience and swim conditions, my best advice at this point is that you get a copy of Open Water Swimming by Penny Lee Dean. This is an excellent guide to open water and marathon swimming for both novice and experienced open water swimmers, written by one of the greatest open water marathon swimmers.
As for training in a pool to prepare for a marathon swim. If you are already a competent open water swimmer, then training in a pool should not be a real problem. I have swum a few 25K to 40K races in which almost all of my training was pool based. Obviously it is better to train some in the open water, but lack of open water training time should not deter you from your goal.
