As an open water swimmer at heart, I got fed up with pool swimming about a month ago, and switched to almost entirely to cross country skiing 2-3 times/wk, about an hour per ski. I jumped back in the pool this week, and felt like I hadn't missed a beat; perhaps even a little stronger. I haven't had this experience with any other activity; certainly not running or biking. Now what to do about mud season - no snow and icy lakes. Hm.
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There is nothing better to build cardio then swimming open water. I have said before swim 10 minutes at a good pace. I would do a 24 minute mile pace at 54 strokes a minute. After the 10 min at 54 stroke I used to pick the pace up to 76 strokes a minute for 5 minutes then drop back to 54 strokes a minute and repeat this sequence for one, two or 3 hours.
Geochuck, how does one begin getting such selfawareness of strokes/minute?
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There is nothing better to build cardio then swimming open water. I have said before swim 10 minutes at a good pace. I would do a 24 minute mile pace at 54 strokes a minute. After the 10 min at 54 stroke I used to pick the pace up to 76 strokes a minute for 5 minutes then drop back to 54 strokes a minute and repeat this sequence for one, two or 3 hours.
Geochuck, how does one begin getting such selfawareness of strokes/minute?
