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.
My first OWS was summer 2007. I tried practicing sighting in the pool the couple of weeks before the swim and found that it was a whole different ball game come race time. That swim was 3K. However, I did find that within 500 meters I had acclimated to all aspects of OWS (sighting, crowds, etc.)short of ocean waves since I was in a lake.
I just did my first 5K at the Big Shoulders event and found that my training regimen for that event of using the last 2-3 weeks for almost nothing but swimming 3-5K non-stop in the pool prepared me really well for that swim. If I did interrupt that regimen, it was to do a day that involved nothing but 500 or 1000 yards negative splitting by 100.
Good luck, and have fun. It is a such a great sport for mind, body, and soul.
My first OWS was summer 2007. I tried practicing sighting in the pool the couple of weeks before the swim and found that it was a whole different ball game come race time. That swim was 3K. However, I did find that within 500 meters I had acclimated to all aspects of OWS (sighting, crowds, etc.)short of ocean waves since I was in a lake.
I just did my first 5K at the Big Shoulders event and found that my training regimen for that event of using the last 2-3 weeks for almost nothing but swimming 3-5K non-stop in the pool prepared me really well for that swim. If I did interrupt that regimen, it was to do a day that involved nothing but 500 or 1000 yards negative splitting by 100.
Good luck, and have fun. It is a such a great sport for mind, body, and soul.
