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:
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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).
Your words are encouraging. I too heard the voice saying "you gotta do this!" After moving to the area 17 years ago I've been toying with swimming the bay. This year after my daughter ran the Marine Corp and was so proud of herself, I said "I gotta do this!"
For an old guy who has been swimming for 27 years, 1,800 yards a workout, 4x a week, a 4.4 mile open water swim sounds intimidating. I've never done an open water anything before.
I'm going to look around for someone to help me get in condition because I too do not know how many yards I need to log and in what fashion, but in additon to that, how do you go straight when there's no line to follow?
Also, how much buoyancy do the wetsuits give you? Do they help a lot?: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).
Your words are encouraging. I too heard the voice saying "you gotta do this!" After moving to the area 17 years ago I've been toying with swimming the bay. This year after my daughter ran the Marine Corp and was so proud of herself, I said "I gotta do this!"
For an old guy who has been swimming for 27 years, 1,800 yards a workout, 4x a week, a 4.4 mile open water swim sounds intimidating. I've never done an open water anything before.
I'm going to look around for someone to help me get in condition because I too do not know how many yards I need to log and in what fashion, but in additon to that, how do you go straight when there's no line to follow?
Also, how much buoyancy do the wetsuits give you? Do they help a lot?:confused:
