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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Thanks for all your advice and encouragement. Just thought I'd post that I completed the one mile ocean swim last weekend. I managed to get a couple ocean swims before hand by myself that gave me some confidence. Wow, quite a feeling of accomplishment- it is awesome to look back and say, yeah, I swam that. Definitely hooked. I want to do this for a while. Also quite humbling to see how slow I am and how much I have to learn, especially sighting and swimming straighter.
Question - do you open water swimmers practice sighting when you are in the pool? Does it become second nature or does it require constant practice?
Do you have an "open water" stroke or style and a "pool" stroke or style because of visibility and water conditions?
Thanks for all your advice and encouragement. Just thought I'd post that I completed the one mile ocean swim last weekend. I managed to get a couple ocean swims before hand by myself that gave me some confidence. Wow, quite a feeling of accomplishment- it is awesome to look back and say, yeah, I swam that. Definitely hooked. I want to do this for a while. Also quite humbling to see how slow I am and how much I have to learn, especially sighting and swimming straighter.
Question - do you open water swimmers practice sighting when you are in the pool? Does it become second nature or does it require constant practice?
Do you have an "open water" stroke or style and a "pool" stroke or style because of visibility and water conditions?
