Hi everyone,
I've been training for this summers open water season in the pool which thanks to the advice on here has been going real well. I do however have one concern and that is that I'm not fast enough!
As of now I swim 6000 yard workouts taking small breaks in between. It takes me just under 3 hours to complete this. In a lane next to me I see this swimmer just flying allong even lapping me. I've always considered myself a pretty strong lap swimmer and not to sound conceited but am really not used to that. In the locker room his bag did have a US Masters logo on it.
Obviously this guy was not swimming 6000 yards and is doing a totally different workout than I. But he was fast! I know a huge challenge is jsut covering the distance. But just curious do you guys/girls worry about your speed? And like how many hours should it take to do around 6000 yards?
all the best everyone
uvmflier
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Thanks EC for the reply. I'm going to try and mix it up for some more speed building sets. I like the idea of the 6 x 1000's. Your workout sounds pretty cool. Wish I lived closer because I've become interested in channel swims as well. I was interested in being on a crew at some point helping out. Have you thought of a Catalina swim?
Yes in fact i am still considering it. My only concern is that I'm afraid there is a chance that I may have only 1 channel swim in me. I also plan on trying to raise money as part of my swim for the American Cancer Society and the EC is well known by non-swimmers and it might be easier to raise money.
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Thanks EC for the reply. I'm going to try and mix it up for some more speed building sets. I like the idea of the 6 x 1000's. Your workout sounds pretty cool. Wish I lived closer because I've become interested in channel swims as well. I was interested in being on a crew at some point helping out. Have you thought of a Catalina swim?
Yes in fact i am still considering it. My only concern is that I'm afraid there is a chance that I may have only 1 channel swim in me. I also plan on trying to raise money as part of my swim for the American Cancer Society and the EC is well known by non-swimmers and it might be easier to raise money.
