Just recently completed my 2nd ever one mile open water swim. Lots of fun. Am now planning a 3 mile open water swim in about a month. I decided that my 5 x weekly workouts of 1800 yards probably not enough. I want to not only swim the 3 miles, but enjoy the 3 miles. Have taken my yardage up to 3100 yards 5 x weekly... Is this sufficient? (I use the workouts posted on the Workout forums. I am a little slower than the slowest level given so add about 15 seconds to each interval, put a couple of them together, swimming all freestyle as I dont do fly)
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I'm not sure how to train for a 3 mile, but I just did my first 2 mile race. To do this I increased my yardage from 1800/day (4x week) to 3500-4000 per day (4-5x week). It was a breeze. Only downside was it was a bit cold, even for eskimos like me. Air temp was 52, water temp approx 65.
The only reason my arms got tired was that since the air was colder then the water, my arms and hands never got a chance to warm up. My arms and hands got stiff from the cold and got a bit numb too. Also, for the last 1/2 mile, my back felt a little cramped because of the cool conditions, but if it had become unbearable, I could have just stopped and gone into a tuck to stretch it out.
I had a great time though and I think if you increase your yardage and pace yourself accordingly, you will do just fine.
I'm not sure how to train for a 3 mile, but I just did my first 2 mile race. To do this I increased my yardage from 1800/day (4x week) to 3500-4000 per day (4-5x week). It was a breeze. Only downside was it was a bit cold, even for eskimos like me. Air temp was 52, water temp approx 65.
The only reason my arms got tired was that since the air was colder then the water, my arms and hands never got a chance to warm up. My arms and hands got stiff from the cold and got a bit numb too. Also, for the last 1/2 mile, my back felt a little cramped because of the cool conditions, but if it had become unbearable, I could have just stopped and gone into a tuck to stretch it out.
I had a great time though and I think if you increase your yardage and pace yourself accordingly, you will do just fine.
