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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I'm mainly a pool swimmer (who happens to do OW too) and I have "some" speed, but not great speed. Like others mentioned you have to train for speed to have speed. If you only do a workout or two a week focusing on speed/sprints and the rest your normal distance stuff you will see improvment. In order to compare apples to apples and the word "speed" we'd need to know what kind of time you can hold for 10x100's on 3:00 or something like that. Then you know where you stand and can figure out where you want to be.
Right now I'm the opposite, focusing on speed for Masters Nationals in May, with distance practices/sets thrown in. Generally I do 5000 SCY a workout and it takes me about 90 minutes give or take a little. Once Nationals is over I'll concentrate on OW.
Here is a good, long set for you that I did on New Year's eve. You can find more on my blog if you want:
100 x 100
-10 @ 2:00 warm-up
-10 @ 2:00 kick
-10 @ 1:25 Pull (Buoy & Paddles)
-10 @ 1:30 Free
-10 Free (odds @ 1:30, evens @ 1:15)
-10 @ 1:30 Free
-10 @ 1:30 Kick w/ fins
-10 @ 1:45 IM
-10 @ 1:25 Pull (Paddles & Buoy)
-10 (odds Free/Bk by 25’s @ 1:40, evens Free @ 1:15)
200 EZ Warmdown
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10,200 SCY
About 2 hrs 45 min
jeffpalm-swimming.blogspot.com/
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I'm mainly a pool swimmer (who happens to do OW too) and I have "some" speed, but not great speed. Like others mentioned you have to train for speed to have speed. If you only do a workout or two a week focusing on speed/sprints and the rest your normal distance stuff you will see improvment. In order to compare apples to apples and the word "speed" we'd need to know what kind of time you can hold for 10x100's on 3:00 or something like that. Then you know where you stand and can figure out where you want to be.
Right now I'm the opposite, focusing on speed for Masters Nationals in May, with distance practices/sets thrown in. Generally I do 5000 SCY a workout and it takes me about 90 minutes give or take a little. Once Nationals is over I'll concentrate on OW.
Here is a good, long set for you that I did on New Year's eve. You can find more on my blog if you want:
100 x 100
-10 @ 2:00 warm-up
-10 @ 2:00 kick
-10 @ 1:25 Pull (Buoy & Paddles)
-10 @ 1:30 Free
-10 Free (odds @ 1:30, evens @ 1:15)
-10 @ 1:30 Free
-10 @ 1:30 Kick w/ fins
-10 @ 1:45 IM
-10 @ 1:25 Pull (Paddles & Buoy)
-10 (odds Free/Bk by 25’s @ 1:40, evens Free @ 1:15)
200 EZ Warmdown
_________________________________
10,200 SCY
About 2 hrs 45 min
jeffpalm-swimming.blogspot.com/
