I was wondering how people calculated open water distances? I started to swim in Long Beach, CA and was wondering if there was something that can help me figure out distances, for example, if there was a standard distance between life guard stations or beach bathrooms (I tried talking to the lifeguards but no one knew :confused: )
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Well, maybe I don't need distance measured like you said. I'm trying to train for an international distance triathlon (1000m ocean swim) and not sure how far I need to swim in the ocean. Are you saying all I need to really do is swim for a specific amount of time, like 30 minutes or so) and it should suffice in my training?
I can swim a long time and I can make the 1000m with no problem, but I just didn't know the level of effort I needed to expend for the 1000m. So for example, I was thinking that if I knew the distance, maybe I could sprint 200m, rest the 500m in between, and sprint the last 300m. Any suggestions on how I should train using time instead of distance?
Thanks in advance.
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Former Member
Well, maybe I don't need distance measured like you said. I'm trying to train for an international distance triathlon (1000m ocean swim) and not sure how far I need to swim in the ocean. Are you saying all I need to really do is swim for a specific amount of time, like 30 minutes or so) and it should suffice in my training?
I can swim a long time and I can make the 1000m with no problem, but I just didn't know the level of effort I needed to expend for the 1000m. So for example, I was thinking that if I knew the distance, maybe I could sprint 200m, rest the 500m in between, and sprint the last 300m. Any suggestions on how I should train using time instead of distance?
Thanks in advance.
