Hi everyone-
I’m still pretty new to the forum and had a question specifically for someone new to open water swimming. Over the past few summers I’ve swam a lot of .5 to 1.0 mile open water pond swims. My main problem is breaking out of my routine and going longer distance like the 5k to 10k races.
I’ve been reading how some people train by jumping in and just doing non stop distance. It kind of appealed to me as I was reading about a swimmer who does a 1 mile pool swim (no breaks) 3 times a week.
Right now I’m sort of used to training on a pyramid 100,200,300, 400,500. However I’ve been thinking possibly the non stop mile swims may be better from the endurance standpoint?
Thanks again everyone. Let me know if your looking for a training partner in Massachusetts!
A couple times a month I will swim a 2000 straight swim, just to make sure my mind can swim that long straight. I will followed that by a workout. When I am planning to swim a 10 K, I will beef that up to 3000 straight swim. When I was training for the Catalina I would do 5000 straight swims.
All will help in open water swimming. If you can get in a 50 meter pool that will also build strength.
A couple times a month I will swim a 2000 straight swim, just to make sure my mind can swim that long straight. I will followed that by a workout. When I am planning to swim a 10 K, I will beef that up to 3000 straight swim. When I was training for the Catalina I would do 5000 straight swims.
All will help in open water swimming. If you can get in a 50 meter pool that will also build strength.
