I have never swam in an open water event. I started swimming again in january in a 25 meter pool. I can comfortable swim 1500 meters in 24 minutes (no flip turns). Realizing open water has tides/currents etc. I am attempting to calculate what I might be able to swim a mile in open water. Any thoughts? Also, how many meters should I be training on a weekly basis to swim 4.4 miles. I am 46. Thanks..
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Well Bill,
I'm not much help but hey its A reply! I think its much more a matter of swimming with good form as long as you can without stopping in the pool also build up the distance and time slowly and steadily. I haven't found pool swimming to convert to ocean swimming in terms of meters/miles at all. Try to get out in the ocean from time to time and see how long a mile takes, compare that to what you are doing in the pool.
Tides and currents will dramatically alter your speed as will wind, surf and swell. So I'd predict how long you think you'll swim and try to swim that long-in time in the pool. Now my advice is from the stand-point of an endurance swimmer who competes only against herself and the elements and who looks for speed so she can go further.
I was swimming @ 2-2.5 mi/hr in an out and back course, I did a 3 miles swim with the prevailing currents in under 1 hour so even comparing day to day its hard to predict. Recently I completed a 6mi swim in under 3 hours but 2 dyas later the 1 mi swim with strong swell took nearly 40 minutes.
Well Bill,
I'm not much help but hey its A reply! I think its much more a matter of swimming with good form as long as you can without stopping in the pool also build up the distance and time slowly and steadily. I haven't found pool swimming to convert to ocean swimming in terms of meters/miles at all. Try to get out in the ocean from time to time and see how long a mile takes, compare that to what you are doing in the pool.
Tides and currents will dramatically alter your speed as will wind, surf and swell. So I'd predict how long you think you'll swim and try to swim that long-in time in the pool. Now my advice is from the stand-point of an endurance swimmer who competes only against herself and the elements and who looks for speed so she can go further.
I was swimming @ 2-2.5 mi/hr in an out and back course, I did a 3 miles swim with the prevailing currents in under 1 hour so even comparing day to day its hard to predict. Recently I completed a 6mi swim in under 3 hours but 2 dyas later the 1 mi swim with strong swell took nearly 40 minutes.
