I wrote before and got some great advice. I am doing a 1 mile swim in the bay on June 10th. I have not been in the pool regularly training. This week I got in 3 times. The first day I did 4 laps straight. The second day I did a 500, 400, 300, and 200. On the third day I swam 60 laps. I do all this in a 30 minute-40 minute time frame. Do you think I will be okay if I continue to do something like this? Any other training ideas. I am a teacher and have a 2 year old, so there is not much free time. I want to be ready, but can't spend hours each day training. Agin any ideas would be great. I am just looking to finish this event, I'm not trying to break any records. I just don't want to have to be pulled from the water.
Jaime
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Jaime,
I think you will be fine. If you're doing 60 laps nonstop (I assume it's a 25 yard/meter pool?), that is almost a mile. In a one mile ocean swim I did last summer (the VBLA lifeguard challenge), one man entered who said he hadn't swum that distance since Boy Scouts (I guess he was around 50). He finished.
All I have to add to what others have posted is to start at a pace that is comfortable, even slow. You can always pick up speed later if you want to. There will be other swimmers there whose goal is to finish and enjoy the day. And remember, no matter where you finish, you're way ahead of all the people who never got in the water!
Good luck.
Sandra
Jaime,
I think you will be fine. If you're doing 60 laps nonstop (I assume it's a 25 yard/meter pool?), that is almost a mile. In a one mile ocean swim I did last summer (the VBLA lifeguard challenge), one man entered who said he hadn't swum that distance since Boy Scouts (I guess he was around 50). He finished.
All I have to add to what others have posted is to start at a pace that is comfortable, even slow. You can always pick up speed later if you want to. There will be other swimmers there whose goal is to finish and enjoy the day. And remember, no matter where you finish, you're way ahead of all the people who never got in the water!
Good luck.
Sandra
