For those open water crazies who can swim hours and hours non-stop, I have a question: how in the world do you do it?I just cannot imagine swimming like 50 miles or so.And what do you feel while swimming?Pain?If so, how can you endure it for so long and not have your muscles shut down on you?I noticed when I swim for a long time(well, not even that long), I reach the point where I almost cannot get my hands over the water because my muscles tighten up so bad...
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Marathon swimming is to let the water do most of the work for you. You get the body level and let the water push you to the surface. No more trying to swim in the air. It has to become automatic or as Chrysler called it put it in fluid drive. Don't over kick, a little sprint or two or it becomes so repititional and you will fall asleep.
Race pace in training is more important than fast repeats. How to train? I would swim 1 hr, 2 hrs, 3hrs a day some times,1 hr or 2 hrs twice a day, but never more than a 9 mile swim for pratice. During race season 2 days of recovery and 4 days of 1 hr swims a day of rest, then the next race, Could be 10, 15, or 25 or more mile race. then all over again. Every week, sometimes two races in a week. Raced from first week in July to second week in September, Then to Egypt, South America, Yugoslavia etc
Marathon swimming is to let the water do most of the work for you. You get the body level and let the water push you to the surface. No more trying to swim in the air. It has to become automatic or as Chrysler called it put it in fluid drive. Don't over kick, a little sprint or two or it becomes so repititional and you will fall asleep.
Race pace in training is more important than fast repeats. How to train? I would swim 1 hr, 2 hrs, 3hrs a day some times,1 hr or 2 hrs twice a day, but never more than a 9 mile swim for pratice. During race season 2 days of recovery and 4 days of 1 hr swims a day of rest, then the next race, Could be 10, 15, or 25 or more mile race. then all over again. Every week, sometimes two races in a week. Raced from first week in July to second week in September, Then to Egypt, South America, Yugoslavia etc
