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:
applying the same principles of training (10 percent per week build with alternating hard/easy weeks)
Greg,
Explain this to me in little more detail. 10% build/week interms of length or speed? Give me a schedule of what you would do and how far out to plan for the June 8 event. Because, frankly, I plan on doing exactly what I am doing now until 6 weeks prior. Then I plan on ramping up the yardage to 20K/week for 5 weeks with a 1 week taper--(5 days really).
What are your thoughts?
Paul
applying the same principles of training (10 percent per week build with alternating hard/easy weeks)
Greg,
Explain this to me in little more detail. 10% build/week interms of length or speed? Give me a schedule of what you would do and how far out to plan for the June 8 event. Because, frankly, I plan on doing exactly what I am doing now until 6 weeks prior. Then I plan on ramping up the yardage to 20K/week for 5 weeks with a 1 week taper--(5 days really).
What are your thoughts?
Paul
