Hi all. I am about 8 weeks out from a 5K Lake Swim. I am a strong pool swimmer but never done this distance in "open" water - pretty new here. I am convinced I can muscle though it if need be, but would like to make a competitive age group showing.
I am training almost exclusively in pool, so looking for advice, links, or books on workouts, distances, pace, taper (?), etc. Thanks for any advice.
For me, most of my open water training comes from the pool. I am lucky to train open water once a month from May to Sept. I went 1 hour 13 minutes plus last year at La Jolla Rough Water 3 mile swim (Gatorman) after swimming the mile an hour before. Most of my sets are long swims of 500s, 600s, 800s and 1000s on a given interval. What I did, on August 13th was 5 X 800 on the 12:00 descend 1 to 5. That is a usual set at least once a week and likely twice a week. I try to swim 6 times a week with weekly yardage goals of 25,000 to 27,000 yards. For me that works well. I also lift weights 3 times a week. Hope this helps.
For me, most of my open water training comes from the pool. I am lucky to train open water once a month from May to Sept. I went 1 hour 13 minutes plus last year at La Jolla Rough Water 3 mile swim (Gatorman) after swimming the mile an hour before. Most of my sets are long swims of 500s, 600s, 800s and 1000s on a given interval. What I did, on August 13th was 5 X 800 on the 12:00 descend 1 to 5. That is a usual set at least once a week and likely twice a week. I try to swim 6 times a week with weekly yardage goals of 25,000 to 27,000 yards. For me that works well. I also lift weights 3 times a week. Hope this helps.
