I am hoping to do my first open water swim this summer, its a one mile swim. I was looking at the past results of the event online and I am confused by some of the times. The winning time was 15:30, that is moving pretty good. However there was a 67 year old man who finished it in just over 20 minutes (kudos to him). And 75% of the people who swam it did it under 25 minutes and this includes a lot of 50-60 year olds. Is it possible the course really isnt a mile? Or do I need to ramp up my training?
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I just started with a swim coach this year cause I am doing 10k and hope to get up to marathon distance(23 miles) soon. If your in the pool one way to help your speed is to count your strokes every length if your stroke rate starts to drop in the next length then you know your slowing down. It not fun but it make your stroke pace very even, so then when your in the open water you build an even steady pace.The lower you can get your stork rate swimming the full mile in the pool the faster you will get at open water. Good luck to you this is a wonderful and fun sport you will get so addicted.
I just started with a swim coach this year cause I am doing 10k and hope to get up to marathon distance(23 miles) soon. If your in the pool one way to help your speed is to count your strokes every length if your stroke rate starts to drop in the next length then you know your slowing down. It not fun but it make your stroke pace very even, so then when your in the open water you build an even steady pace.The lower you can get your stork rate swimming the full mile in the pool the faster you will get at open water. Good luck to you this is a wonderful and fun sport you will get so addicted.
