I just started swimming this summer and I'm up to 2400 yards in an hour.
I'd like to do the Reston 1mile this year, then Chesapeake Bay a year or 2 later.
I stop & stand 6 times through the 2400yd.s & about 30 percent of my workout is breastroke. I know I need to phase out the stops, but what about the breastroke?
I know I shouldn't do breastroke at the beginning of an open water swim since I'd be kicking everyone, but once we spread out, is it OK? Are many others doing breastroke periodically?
Can anyone suggest a good book on open water swimming so I don't bother y'all with too many newbie questions?
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Hey,
well done on the improvements. Here are my tips:
1 - swimming majority of your workout in breastroke is not good for your knees, you should definitely put more freestyle/backstroke in there for open water swims.
2 - doing breastroke in the open water is ok, but slows you down quite a bit (I guess it depends what you want to achieve - win or just take part). I would not recommend starting out with breastroke. At the beginning one needs to get to the front of the pack or stay on the front, so one doesn't get run over by folks, so I suggest waiting with the breastroke until you get tired or are in an area with no so many people around.
Hope that helped.
Hey,
well done on the improvements. Here are my tips:
1 - swimming majority of your workout in breastroke is not good for your knees, you should definitely put more freestyle/backstroke in there for open water swims.
2 - doing breastroke in the open water is ok, but slows you down quite a bit (I guess it depends what you want to achieve - win or just take part). I would not recommend starting out with breastroke. At the beginning one needs to get to the front of the pack or stay on the front, so one doesn't get run over by folks, so I suggest waiting with the breastroke until you get tired or are in an area with no so many people around.
Hope that helped.
