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:
"A cry for help" is indeed what my first entry was and since then I've done a little research into over-training. I seem to always get way tired a few weeks before the event I'm training for. Often I get sick. Seems that my body can't keep up with my workouts. (Like "my eyes are bigger than my stomach" syndrome) I found something on "About.com: Sports Medicine" I thought I'd share. It's about monitoring your heart rate so as to avoid falling into the hole of overtraining, (which I'm not completely out of yet).
"...Another way to test recover is to use something called the orthostatic heart rate test, developed by Heikki Rusko while working with cross country skiers. To obtain this measurement:
Lay down and rest comfortably for 10 minutes the same time each day (morning is best).
At the end of 10 minutes, record your heart rate in beats per minute.
Then stand up
After 15 seconds, take a second heart rate in beats per minute.
After 90 seconds, take a third heart rate in beats per minute.
After 120 seconds, take a fourth heart rate in beats per minute.
Well rested athletes will show a consistent heart rate between measurements, but Rusko found a marked increase (10 beats/minutes or more) in the 120 second-post-standing measurement of athletes on the verge of overtraining. Such a change may indicate that you have not recovered from a previous workout, are fatigued, or otherwise stressed and it may be helpful to reduce training or rest another day before performing another workout."
If this in fact works, (I've done it for 2 days now and my pulse is 11 beats higher at the finish) then it is a great tool for those of us who don't know when to stay when.
By the way Animal, I like that workout you sent and will use it ...as soon as I can!
"A cry for help" is indeed what my first entry was and since then I've done a little research into over-training. I seem to always get way tired a few weeks before the event I'm training for. Often I get sick. Seems that my body can't keep up with my workouts. (Like "my eyes are bigger than my stomach" syndrome) I found something on "About.com: Sports Medicine" I thought I'd share. It's about monitoring your heart rate so as to avoid falling into the hole of overtraining, (which I'm not completely out of yet).
"...Another way to test recover is to use something called the orthostatic heart rate test, developed by Heikki Rusko while working with cross country skiers. To obtain this measurement:
Lay down and rest comfortably for 10 minutes the same time each day (morning is best).
At the end of 10 minutes, record your heart rate in beats per minute.
Then stand up
After 15 seconds, take a second heart rate in beats per minute.
After 90 seconds, take a third heart rate in beats per minute.
After 120 seconds, take a fourth heart rate in beats per minute.
Well rested athletes will show a consistent heart rate between measurements, but Rusko found a marked increase (10 beats/minutes or more) in the 120 second-post-standing measurement of athletes on the verge of overtraining. Such a change may indicate that you have not recovered from a previous workout, are fatigued, or otherwise stressed and it may be helpful to reduce training or rest another day before performing another workout."
If this in fact works, (I've done it for 2 days now and my pulse is 11 beats higher at the finish) then it is a great tool for those of us who don't know when to stay when.
By the way Animal, I like that workout you sent and will use it ...as soon as I can!
