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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chris - 'fetch' has implications for how intense conditions might be on lake mead... basically it is the distance over water that wind has a chance to stir things up.
the degree of difficulty for an 8K swim will vary with conditions
if you're comfortable in open water than 3500 - 4000 m twice a week should be enough to get you through an 8K swim.
do intervals and churn the distance
Ah, OK, thanks for the new word :) Lake Mead can get VERY windy. Having just done 1.5 miles in pretty good chop and swell on Sunday (probably my hardest OWS ever), that would make for a very very very long morning. Couple years ago they had issues with the swim at Silverman, a tri they hold at Lake Mead, conditions were pretty brutal.
They are starting this at 6 am, probably to avoid wind if possible.
chris - 'fetch' has implications for how intense conditions might be on lake mead... basically it is the distance over water that wind has a chance to stir things up.
the degree of difficulty for an 8K swim will vary with conditions
if you're comfortable in open water than 3500 - 4000 m twice a week should be enough to get you through an 8K swim.
do intervals and churn the distance
Ah, OK, thanks for the new word :) Lake Mead can get VERY windy. Having just done 1.5 miles in pretty good chop and swell on Sunday (probably my hardest OWS ever), that would make for a very very very long morning. Couple years ago they had issues with the swim at Silverman, a tri they hold at Lake Mead, conditions were pretty brutal.
They are starting this at 6 am, probably to avoid wind if possible.
