You peeps are a great resource so I would love your input for the last 2 months of training before my first 10k (roughly) in Oct. I've done a couple 5k's now this year and am loving the distance and OW swimming!! My background is (was) in ultra running so I figured I'd apply similar logic to buildup and taper for this distance in swimming as well (several buildup weeks, a lower week, then build again to almost the race distance). Also, I'm doing 4-5k, 3-4x/week with the team during the week on regular drills etc. These Sunday swims I'm just doing the mileage, learning the best time to drink/eat, etc. Thoughts? Am I over-thinking? Any other advice? Thanks in advance. :)
I did 7k (longest to date) last Sunday and felt pretty good. Here's the rest of the Sundays until 10/5
8/11 7.5k
8/18 8k
8/25 6.5k
9/1 7.5k
9/8 8k
9/15 8.5k
9/22 9k
9/29 5-6k
10/5 Race
Awesome advice, Rob! Thanks for the response. Yes, this will be a kayak supported race so I'm hoping that will make this a bit easier when it comes to timing of the food/water. That's one area I still need to do a better job with in training. I found last week I was really pooped after 7k, but realized that I hadn't had anything but Gatorade that whole time. I know better than that. LOL!
You rock!
And I'm in the complete-compete arena - I think it can be fairly competitive in this one - at least in the top 1/3. We'll see. :)
Awesome advice, Rob! Thanks for the response. Yes, this will be a kayak supported race so I'm hoping that will make this a bit easier when it comes to timing of the food/water. That's one area I still need to do a better job with in training. I found last week I was really pooped after 7k, but realized that I hadn't had anything but Gatorade that whole time. I know better than that. LOL!
You rock!
And I'm in the complete-compete arena - I think it can be fairly competitive in this one - at least in the top 1/3. We'll see. :)
