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:
OK. These are encouraging words! I swam a 1600 yd set last night with the masters group--on a 1:45 base time. I made the time no problem but it hurt a bit. Now mulitply that times 4...yikes. At that pace I will have my tongue hanging out of my mouth by mile 3.
What I usually do in open water races though is kick for say 10 mintues and then no kick for 10 minutes--on and off. The wetsuit lets me rest for those 10 minutes to recover.
I have also heard that depending on waves and wind, swimmers have to breath only on one side for a majority of the race. True?
OK. These are encouraging words! I swam a 1600 yd set last night with the masters group--on a 1:45 base time. I made the time no problem but it hurt a bit. Now mulitply that times 4...yikes. At that pace I will have my tongue hanging out of my mouth by mile 3.
What I usually do in open water races though is kick for say 10 mintues and then no kick for 10 minutes--on and off. The wetsuit lets me rest for those 10 minutes to recover.
I have also heard that depending on waves and wind, swimmers have to breath only on one side for a majority of the race. True?
