When you trian for a logn distance swim, how far do you go in your longest training swims? How do you find the balance between risk of injury and not going far enouhg?
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After a race which is harder than swimming a non race attempt I would not swim for a couple of days, you would be lucky to be able to get your legs into a car after a marathon race without lifting them into the car with your hands. Also if the race was rough I did not even want to look at the water, I have literally brought up looking at Lac St Lois in La Tuque Quebec after the 24 hour race there. Hey I would get sick if I saw orange juice or glucose powder, my energy source during the races was Glucose Powder with liquid Tang I hated to see it.
I could not drink orange juice for years after I quit marathon racing if anyne ordered it in my prescence I would start heaving.
After a race which is harder than swimming a non race attempt I would not swim for a couple of days, you would be lucky to be able to get your legs into a car after a marathon race without lifting them into the car with your hands. Also if the race was rough I did not even want to look at the water, I have literally brought up looking at Lac St Lois in La Tuque Quebec after the 24 hour race there. Hey I would get sick if I saw orange juice or glucose powder, my energy source during the races was Glucose Powder with liquid Tang I hated to see it.
I could not drink orange juice for years after I quit marathon racing if anyne ordered it in my prescence I would start heaving.
