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.
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5000 meters = 3.10685596 miles - not a long swim, not a short swim.
You must learn how to swim a race like that. Your race pace is essentially all out but you have to swim it as continuous swim once a week.
When racing some long swims I have had leg cramps, arm cramps, stiches, you have to be able to relieve these thing by changing how you swim on the go. I have never taken a breaststroke sequence during a race. For a leg cramp you ease off or kick harder to get circulation going, for a rib stich you change how you reach, it is a cramp of the muscles between the ribs. You just ease off on the stretch it simply disappears with movement.
5000 meters = 3.10685596 miles - not a long swim, not a short swim.
You must learn how to swim a race like that. Your race pace is essentially all out but you have to swim it as continuous swim once a week.
When racing some long swims I have had leg cramps, arm cramps, stiches, you have to be able to relieve these thing by changing how you swim on the go. I have never taken a breaststroke sequence during a race. For a leg cramp you ease off or kick harder to get circulation going, for a rib stich you change how you reach, it is a cramp of the muscles between the ribs. You just ease off on the stretch it simply disappears with movement.
