OK I got in. The most I have swam is 2 miles open water. I swim about 10K yards a week with 2 masters workouts a week. Now what. This race is 4.4 miles.
The race date is June 8. I think I can answer my own question... double (or triple!) my weekly yardage, hold yourself back on the start, finally, grit your teeth and "enjoy" gutting it out.
Ideas for training?:confused:
I can't recall having done any more than ~5100 or so yards/ 4500lcm at any point before the last three bay swims, and I seem to be doing just fine at the event. My thought is that as long as you are getting in consistently and doing a fair amount of yardage when you do get in, you'll be ok. I find it helps doing a bunch of long course workouts too (to prepare for long distances w/o turns).
I can't recall having done any more than ~5100 or so yards/ 4500lcm at any point before the last three bay swims, and I seem to be doing just fine at the event. My thought is that as long as you are getting in consistently and doing a fair amount of yardage when you do get in, you'll be ok. I find it helps doing a bunch of long course workouts too (to prepare for long distances w/o turns).
