New to this forum, so hello!
I want to enter my first 1 mile open water swim event on July 9th, but I'm not sure if I'm ready. I've been swimming recreationally all my life but only recently have decided to get into this, so I've been training seriously for 2 and a half weeks. I can definitely do 25 laps nonstop in a 25 meter pool, and pushing myself can do 30.
Any opinions on if this is enough time? Am I fit enough or should I wait for a later event?
I'm going to train as if I'm going to enter and then see how I feel. Any recommendations for workouts in the three weeks till the event? If do three workouts a week, that gives me nine workouts.
At what point in those three weeks should I be able to do the necessary 70 or so laps?
Any recommendations on wetsuits?
Thank you so much,
Manny
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Ditto to three previous respondents. The first open water competition I did was a half-mile dog paddle because the thought of procuring prescription goggles did not occur to me prior to the race, and my distance vision/depth perception has been confirmed awful ever since I ran into the gym wall while trying to park the car when I was in high school. Keep up the great training, though, and I'm sure you'll be in open water sooner than you expect!
Ditto to three previous respondents. The first open water competition I did was a half-mile dog paddle because the thought of procuring prescription goggles did not occur to me prior to the race, and my distance vision/depth perception has been confirmed awful ever since I ran into the gym wall while trying to park the car when I was in high school. Keep up the great training, though, and I'm sure you'll be in open water sooner than you expect!
