My wife being a runner asked yesterday after I completed a 2.3ish mile swim what is the equivalent swimming-wise to a marathon. Because she had always assumed that a 2.4 mile swim would be like running a marathon since it's part of the Ironman Tri.
I didn't really feel like completing that swim that I would compare it to a marathon. While I was pooped and sore, it was not like having my muscles ripped to shreds and hurting to move several days.
Any thoughts?
Also the other discussion we had was the fact that in a running or biking race, you really are running/biking that distance, but in a swim you are doing some n amount more than the straight distance. For swimming your fighting the waves and your own ability to swim straight that you do some amount more. I've thought "how great would it be if I could place a gps tracker around my ankle that I could plot my swim and see how much I really did."
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Usually in Swimming a 'marathon swim' is a swim over 25km or 15.6 miles. Depending on the day, conditions and course this will take a top marathoner around 5hrs 30 mins. In rougher conditions and where the course is not a series of loops, the time would be around 6 hours.
A 10km or a 6 mile event is a popular choice for many Open Water Swimmers. The 10km will be an Olympic event in Beijing. For the past couple of PanPac's it has been an event.
I watched the event in 2006 and was amazed at how many swimmers were not prepared for Open Water, yet top in their game in the pool. Swimming outside is different. It is not always the fastest swimmer who wins, rather the one who swims the straightest line.
Anyone interested in a marathon swim on the West Coast? I host a 26.2km or 16.2mile swim on the second friday in August. You can swim this as a solo, or on a relay where 2,3, or 4 swimmers form a team. each swimmer swims once and equal distance, so for a team of 2 they change at the 13.1km (8 mile mark) etc. Also hold a 10 km or 6 mile swim second sunday in July.
Challenge yourself for 08.
Kiwi
Usually in Swimming a 'marathon swim' is a swim over 25km or 15.6 miles. Depending on the day, conditions and course this will take a top marathoner around 5hrs 30 mins. In rougher conditions and where the course is not a series of loops, the time would be around 6 hours.
A 10km or a 6 mile event is a popular choice for many Open Water Swimmers. The 10km will be an Olympic event in Beijing. For the past couple of PanPac's it has been an event.
I watched the event in 2006 and was amazed at how many swimmers were not prepared for Open Water, yet top in their game in the pool. Swimming outside is different. It is not always the fastest swimmer who wins, rather the one who swims the straightest line.
Anyone interested in a marathon swim on the West Coast? I host a 26.2km or 16.2mile swim on the second friday in August. You can swim this as a solo, or on a relay where 2,3, or 4 swimmers form a team. each swimmer swims once and equal distance, so for a team of 2 they change at the 13.1km (8 mile mark) etc. Also hold a 10 km or 6 mile swim second sunday in July.
Challenge yourself for 08.
Kiwi
