Out of curiosity, what goes through your mind during long swims? I had to laugh yesterday while doing a 3 hour that at the end of it, I was more boredthan physically tired. I have to find another, longer venue to do these. 25 yards at a time is mind-numbing. But looking back, I have no idea what I was thinking about for that long, other than occasional 100 time checks during longer sets and watching form.
So anohter question for my distance peeps, how are you balancing the distance with speed in workouts? During some of these monotonous laps, I've realized recently that I've gotten into a pattern of a steady speed/rate that I can go all day on. That's great for the long haul, but speed work days, I find myself doing the same speed intervals as distance days. I realized I'm not pushing it like I hsould to improve, y'know? It's almost as if my mind has it set on a certain stroke rate and it's so hard to break out of that mindset. I'm conserving for the end of practice when I should be pushing it so that I get faster in the long run.
So anohter question for my distance peeps, how are you balancing the distance with speed in workouts? During some of these monotonous laps, I've realized recently that I've gotten into a pattern of a steady speed/rate that I can go all day on. That's great for the long haul, but speed work days, I find myself doing the same speed intervals as distance days. I realized I'm not pushing it like I hsould to improve, y'know? It's almost as if my mind has it set on a certain stroke rate and it's so hard to break out of that mindset. I'm conserving for the end of practice when I should be pushing it so that I get faster in the long run.
