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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As for pool vs. ocean here I was watching others too. I probably completed 30% of my training in the pool, mostly speed work, I wish I had done more speed work and a little less slow ocean swimming. It appears to me that up to 50/50 worked well in fact for those with a lot of ocean experience even 90/10 worked if the race was warm. If it was cold, then weekly ocean time was essential (I suppose you could substitute a very cold pool).
So I hope my observations help. I also know that it varies a lot by the individual.
I did most of my training in the pool as I would not train in water under 60f generally and Lake Ontario temp was very changeable depending on wind direction and it was a long drive to get to the warm water lakes. I did one or 2 mile swims in the pool for time but spent most of the pool time doing paced 50s, 75s, 100s, 200s and 440s did the 100s in 1:02 to 1:04 lcyards.
As for pool vs. ocean here I was watching others too. I probably completed 30% of my training in the pool, mostly speed work, I wish I had done more speed work and a little less slow ocean swimming. It appears to me that up to 50/50 worked well in fact for those with a lot of ocean experience even 90/10 worked if the race was warm. If it was cold, then weekly ocean time was essential (I suppose you could substitute a very cold pool).
So I hope my observations help. I also know that it varies a lot by the individual.
I did most of my training in the pool as I would not train in water under 60f generally and Lake Ontario temp was very changeable depending on wind direction and it was a long drive to get to the warm water lakes. I did one or 2 mile swims in the pool for time but spent most of the pool time doing paced 50s, 75s, 100s, 200s and 440s did the 100s in 1:02 to 1:04 lcyards.
