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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Hi UVMflier,
I"ve done quite a few 10km swims, and a couple of longer ones. Most of my training is done in a 25yd pool and often alone because of timing issues with my masters team's breaks.
The most I've ever done continuously in a workout is 1000-1500yds. This is mostly due to boredom and/or lack of ability to count.
I've always mixed it up and included a bit of IM (for fun).
For a 10k I'll usually do about 9-10k yards about 1-2 weeks out. Not necessarly in the same workout, sometimes I'll do half in the morning ad half at night. It doesn't seem to make a difference.
I like to take 3+ gu's into a 10k. I put them in my suit just behind my hipbones (suit has to be tight). I always take the first one only about 1/2 hr into th swim. They really help!! remember to put the empty packets back in your suit so as not to litter :)
Hope this helps, but please note that I'm not very fast or very slow, but kind of in the middle :)
Hi UVMflier,
I"ve done quite a few 10km swims, and a couple of longer ones. Most of my training is done in a 25yd pool and often alone because of timing issues with my masters team's breaks.
The most I've ever done continuously in a workout is 1000-1500yds. This is mostly due to boredom and/or lack of ability to count.
I've always mixed it up and included a bit of IM (for fun).
For a 10k I'll usually do about 9-10k yards about 1-2 weeks out. Not necessarly in the same workout, sometimes I'll do half in the morning ad half at night. It doesn't seem to make a difference.
I like to take 3+ gu's into a 10k. I put them in my suit just behind my hipbones (suit has to be tight). I always take the first one only about 1/2 hr into th swim. They really help!! remember to put the empty packets back in your suit so as not to litter :)
Hope this helps, but please note that I'm not very fast or very slow, but kind of in the middle :)
