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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Thank you everyone for sending advice. I completed my first open water swim and really enjoyed it. I was scared to death and went out way to fast. I almost stopped, but I said to myself "Just Keep Swimming" and slowed down to my own pace. I finished in 44 mins 38 secs. Is that terrible? I am already looking forward to next year. I want to get my time down to under 40 mins.
Thank you everyone for sending advice. I completed my first open water swim and really enjoyed it. I was scared to death and went out way to fast. I almost stopped, but I said to myself "Just Keep Swimming" and slowed down to my own pace. I finished in 44 mins 38 secs. Is that terrible? I am already looking forward to next year. I want to get my time down to under 40 mins.
