There may be a new 10K OWS in my area next year and it's a swim I'd like to do if it actually materializes. However, I need to train for that. THe longest open water swim I have done is a 2 mile cable swim this past August. I've since swum 2.5 miles in a pool. (mentally boring but a good mental training for that very reason). I'm also planning on a 5K swim next spring as the next step in increasing how far I am going to swim in open water.
Come next spring, I can do longer swims in the Hudson with my husband accompanying me on his paddleboard. I haven't done that yet because I just learned about place where one can do that. Now that it is getting colder, I am restricted to the pool. Any suggestions how one can train for a 10K in a pool and then what is recommended in open water once it is warm enough again?
Any advice on feeds in a 10K would be great too. I can swim 45 minutes before I start bonking unless I've had a Hammer gel before a workout (then I'm good for longer than that.)
Thanks all for any tips, advice or other words of wisdom! :)
I just did a 10K, albeit a strange one as we had to do a surf exit and entry every 1.2 miles, which changes the complexion drastically. In the pool I swam with my masters group 2X week and tacked on an extra 2K or so on my own. So, if the main set was something like 3X (various sets), I'd do 4X, etc. Tried to get in 4 to 5K every session
In the OW, I ramped up pretty quickly, and went from 2 mile to 3 mile to 3.5 to 4 to 4.5 and then 5. Longest I swam was 5 miles which I did twice. A few 4 milers, lots of 2 and 3 milers. I think having 5 miles as my max was fine, even though the actual race distance turned out to be 6.8 ::eek:
If you can swim 5 comfortably you can swim 6.2
I just did a 10K, albeit a strange one as we had to do a surf exit and entry every 1.2 miles, which changes the complexion drastically. In the pool I swam with my masters group 2X week and tacked on an extra 2K or so on my own. So, if the main set was something like 3X (various sets), I'd do 4X, etc. Tried to get in 4 to 5K every session
In the OW, I ramped up pretty quickly, and went from 2 mile to 3 mile to 3.5 to 4 to 4.5 and then 5. Longest I swam was 5 miles which I did twice. A few 4 milers, lots of 2 and 3 milers. I think having 5 miles as my max was fine, even though the actual race distance turned out to be 6.8 ::eek:
If you can swim 5 comfortably you can swim 6.2
