Hi All,
I've been swimming for about a year now, and the last few months I've started to take much more of an interest and kicked up my routines.
I do 2-3k (yards and meters; pool switches) 4-5 times week, and I usually average about and hour for 3km.
I just signed up for an OW mile in 1.5months, which I don't think I'll have too much trouble with, but I'm also considering a current assisted 10k (they say it swims like a 6k, avg times are about 2hrs) at the end of Sept, which gives me just about two months...so:
1. Is it feasible to train for this kind of race in that amount of time?
2. What kind of diet is optimal for this kind of training? I've been operating in a 500kcal deficit for the last few months, but I sort of think that I should be eating more in preparation for an event of this kind.
3. Water temps should be 65-70F for these races - is a wetsuit necessary for this kind of temp?
I've searched these forums and the net for answers, but in the end it seemed prudent to just ask, as the other resources weren't yielding much. Thanks in advance.
I'm in the city. The 1mi I signed up for is the CIBBOWS aquarium swim, but it was just so close to the Litte Red race that I figured if it was realistic, I would try and sign up for it earlier.
At this point, I think I'm going to try to do some short OW events when I can this summer and go for the bigger ones next summer.
Thanks again.
I'm in the city. The 1mi I signed up for is the CIBBOWS aquarium swim, but it was just so close to the Litte Red race that I figured if it was realistic, I would try and sign up for it earlier.
At this point, I think I'm going to try to do some short OW events when I can this summer and go for the bigger ones next summer.
Thanks again.
