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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100 X 100 free is my favorite workout followed closely by 5 X 1650.
Nice website. Awesome lifetime best times. Swimmers like you should have to wear weights around your ankles in races
Thanks!
The longest I've done was like 10 x 1500 LCM in college (not including warmup and warmdown)....something like 16,500 LCM. Even in the condition I was in back in college I was sore and tired for several days after.
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100 X 100 free is my favorite workout followed closely by 5 X 1650.
Nice website. Awesome lifetime best times. Swimmers like you should have to wear weights around your ankles in races
Thanks!
The longest I've done was like 10 x 1500 LCM in college (not including warmup and warmdown)....something like 16,500 LCM. Even in the condition I was in back in college I was sore and tired for several days after.
