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!
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Thanks everyone for the awesome responses. It was great to hear everyones training routine. I think now I'm going to mix it up and try some 1k straight swims just to get used to distance (as much as you can in a 25m pool). I can't wait till it warms up again. I'm going to try and find a beginner friendly 5k around my area.
Syd: I live in Worcester Massachusetts are you closeby?
When you train or race open water do you use wetsuits? I bought a tri suit but I notice they really take some getting used to. They keep your body on the surface of the water and it feels kind of uncomfortable. But the tri community seems to love them.
Thanks everyone for the awesome responses. It was great to hear everyones training routine. I think now I'm going to mix it up and try some 1k straight swims just to get used to distance (as much as you can in a 25m pool). I can't wait till it warms up again. I'm going to try and find a beginner friendly 5k around my area.
Syd: I live in Worcester Massachusetts are you closeby?
When you train or race open water do you use wetsuits? I bought a tri suit but I notice they really take some getting used to. They keep your body on the surface of the water and it feels kind of uncomfortable. But the tri community seems to love them.
