Due to other injuries and issues keeping me from the bike and not running very much, I am dedicating this season to the OWS :) Found a great looking race at Lake Mead, 8K point to point. The longest race I've done is 4K in an ironman, I've done several 2 milers. IM swim was 59 minutes so I am not super fast (in "real swimmer" terms) but can get it done
I've got 5 months to train for it.
Typical week for me is Masters Tues/Thurs with 3000-3500 per session, and 1 OWS of 1 mile, increasing to 2 over the next couple weeks. This is what I did for the IM as well.
Should I be working up to 4 mile OWS? Adding 1 day in the pool? 2 days? Working towards 5K sessions?
Any advice appreciated
Do what you want, but i'm not sure the advice you're getting is very good?
Obviously going from a 20mile bike to 100mile or a 10k run to a marathon is orders of magnitute harder than just moving up from the mile to a 8k swim...and I wouldn't waste my time on 3 masters coached workouts a week, maybe 1 at the very most.
You are a sub hour IM swimmer, just jack your freestyle yardage up to 6000-7000 per workout a couple times a week, and get in 1 or 2 OW swims a week with one of them 90mins+. I also wouldn't worry about feeding, you'll probably be close to 2 hours for the 8k. Do you take much food or water in during an Olympic distance triathlon of 2 hours? I don't.
Swimming in lead mead was great at Silverman last november, although in the past wind waves have been a challenge so get in some training on windy days.
Here's fun pool workout, I've been doing if it helps.
1x600
2x500
3x400
4x300
5x200
6x100
once that's easy for you go up to 700 pattern, then the 800 pattern
good luck
Do what you want, but i'm not sure the advice you're getting is very good?
Obviously going from a 20mile bike to 100mile or a 10k run to a marathon is orders of magnitute harder than just moving up from the mile to a 8k swim...and I wouldn't waste my time on 3 masters coached workouts a week, maybe 1 at the very most.
You are a sub hour IM swimmer, just jack your freestyle yardage up to 6000-7000 per workout a couple times a week, and get in 1 or 2 OW swims a week with one of them 90mins+. I also wouldn't worry about feeding, you'll probably be close to 2 hours for the 8k. Do you take much food or water in during an Olympic distance triathlon of 2 hours? I don't.
Swimming in lead mead was great at Silverman last november, although in the past wind waves have been a challenge so get in some training on windy days.
Here's fun pool workout, I've been doing if it helps.
1x600
2x500
3x400
4x300
5x200
6x100
once that's easy for you go up to 700 pattern, then the 800 pattern
good luck
