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 bought the book "Workouts in a Binder - Swim Workouts for Triathlets" I'm going to start using that, and see where it takes me.
My sister did a tri last year and gave me an interesting tip (not sure if it is obvious to others but I didn't think of it) - one guy in her group did flip turns just a bit out of reach from the wall so he never touched the wall. It gives more of a realistic feel to not being able to use the wall to pushoff. Just another idea to consider....
I bought the book "Workouts in a Binder - Swim Workouts for Triathlets" I'm going to start using that, and see where it takes me.
My sister did a tri last year and gave me an interesting tip (not sure if it is obvious to others but I didn't think of it) - one guy in her group did flip turns just a bit out of reach from the wall so he never touched the wall. It gives more of a realistic feel to not being able to use the wall to pushoff. Just another idea to consider....
