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.
Doesn't LRLS have entry restrictions to this effect?
On this, the only restriction is a 4.5km swim in under 2hrs. The nycswim.org site sort of advertises this event as a good intro to long distance OW, which is pretty much the only reason it was in the back of my head to try at all.
Clearly, there is much more to OW than I thought.
Doesn't LRLS have entry restrictions to this effect?
On this, the only restriction is a 4.5km swim in under 2hrs. The nycswim.org site sort of advertises this event as a good intro to long distance OW, which is pretty much the only reason it was in the back of my head to try at all.
Clearly, there is much more to OW than I thought.
