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
I'm preparing for my 4th open water season which will include my first 10K. I came back to swimming after a couple of long periods of hiatus about 4 years ago with open water in mind. At start I could barely finish 1000 yards. Then I settled into longer swims to prep for 3K-5K swims. I plateaued at about 1:30 per 100 pace or about 15 min per 1000y. Late last season I began working in more timed sets of 100's and 200's with my long swims. (I still do one swim of at least 3500 yards per week) Since then, I've watched my per 100 cruise pace drop to about 1:25. So the others have the right idea on increasing pace.
That said, open water swimming seems to be an open and accepting community. Regular posters on this poard alone include former college distance swimmers who can make pretty quick work of 6K. And then there are some who cruise mixing in breastroke and take 2 hours to do 3K. It all depends on your goals for the swim.
I'm preparing for my 4th open water season which will include my first 10K. I came back to swimming after a couple of long periods of hiatus about 4 years ago with open water in mind. At start I could barely finish 1000 yards. Then I settled into longer swims to prep for 3K-5K swims. I plateaued at about 1:30 per 100 pace or about 15 min per 1000y. Late last season I began working in more timed sets of 100's and 200's with my long swims. (I still do one swim of at least 3500 yards per week) Since then, I've watched my per 100 cruise pace drop to about 1:25. So the others have the right idea on increasing pace.
That said, open water swimming seems to be an open and accepting community. Regular posters on this poard alone include former college distance swimmers who can make pretty quick work of 6K. And then there are some who cruise mixing in breastroke and take 2 hours to do 3K. It all depends on your goals for the swim.
