I have a question for marathon swimmers...
I've been prepping for a 10k swim that I'll be doing this coming Saturday. I live in coastal southern New England. I really began training in late Feb or Early March by doing longer pool swims. Once the open waters warmed up enough for wetsuits, I moved outside in late May/early June. I completed a full 10k+ with my kayaker today and practiced feeding/drinking him. I feel ready. In the future, I'd like to maintain fitness for doing swims of this long, and longer. But my question is...how do you maintain fitness for doing swims of this distance through winter? I just don't know if I can handle six months of long pool swims.
Dan
Mike
Thanks for your comments. But I think you're making too much of the time you swam at the Beavertail swim. It was 10k+ and you finished it. That's impressive and all that matters. There really aren't many people who can fathom doing a swim of that distance.
In regard to McCorrie swims. I hope we can meet up there again before the the end of our open water season. Another friend who swims with me there now wants to do a swim that would go from Island Park (three miles directly north of McCorrie Pt)...south to Second Beach in Middletown....right past McCorrie Pt. That'd be an eleven-plus mile swim. Not much support would be needed (some though) since we'd be along the shoreline the whole way. Not sure if she wants to attempt that this summer or next. All I can say right now is that after Beavertail I'm not feeling like swimming. Maybe next week. And maybe we can do that swim in September. See ya soon, Mike.
Dan
Mike
Thanks for your comments. But I think you're making too much of the time you swam at the Beavertail swim. It was 10k+ and you finished it. That's impressive and all that matters. There really aren't many people who can fathom doing a swim of that distance.
In regard to McCorrie swims. I hope we can meet up there again before the the end of our open water season. Another friend who swims with me there now wants to do a swim that would go from Island Park (three miles directly north of McCorrie Pt)...south to Second Beach in Middletown....right past McCorrie Pt. That'd be an eleven-plus mile swim. Not much support would be needed (some though) since we'd be along the shoreline the whole way. Not sure if she wants to attempt that this summer or next. All I can say right now is that after Beavertail I'm not feeling like swimming. Maybe next week. And maybe we can do that swim in September. See ya soon, Mike.
Dan
