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
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This sounds like a great swim and LV is a cheap destination!
Last season was my first open water season and it was fantastic. Being an all around athlete, I have learned that one of the most important aspects of training is nutrition and hydration.
PRE-hydration is not the night before but 2-3months prior. I make a point to 8-10 large(12-16oz) glasses of water per day. I use a sugar free/salt free electro-mix by emergn-C once a day as well as loading up on a plethora of vitamins.
Avoid sugars, fats and processed foods.
As far as the training, I stuck with a combination of coached, un-coached and open water work-outs. Nehelem bay, Oregon is a great place to test the waters!
My longest swim was 3.6miles and I did up my training to 4K-6K workouts. Now that I look back at my log, I actually missed a few. But alas, I was swimming just to do it, not to get a time. My time was 1:35. Considering that the week before was Halloween and I chose to do liquid carbo loading, I was just happy not to drown!
This sounds like a great swim and LV is a cheap destination!
Last season was my first open water season and it was fantastic. Being an all around athlete, I have learned that one of the most important aspects of training is nutrition and hydration.
PRE-hydration is not the night before but 2-3months prior. I make a point to 8-10 large(12-16oz) glasses of water per day. I use a sugar free/salt free electro-mix by emergn-C once a day as well as loading up on a plethora of vitamins.
Avoid sugars, fats and processed foods.
As far as the training, I stuck with a combination of coached, un-coached and open water work-outs. Nehelem bay, Oregon is a great place to test the waters!
My longest swim was 3.6miles and I did up my training to 4K-6K workouts. Now that I look back at my log, I actually missed a few. But alas, I was swimming just to do it, not to get a time. My time was 1:35. Considering that the week before was Halloween and I chose to do liquid carbo loading, I was just happy not to drown!
