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
I'm looking now at a Tue, Wed, or Thu next week, or the last week of August.
Um, that 11 mile swim, you talking about that one maybe in September, or do you mean a swim at McCorrie? That swim your friend is planning sounds interesting...are you talking about Bridget?
No, not Bridget. I have a friend/swimming partner in the neighborhood (she's in the SOS group too). She and I frequently swim at McCorrie. She has suggested we do a swim along the shoreline from the McCorrie Point area in Portsmouth, south to Second Beach (aka Sachuest Beach) in Middletown. It's around 11 miles. But I think she's talking about this for next summer.
Dan
I'm looking now at a Tue, Wed, or Thu next week, or the last week of August.
Um, that 11 mile swim, you talking about that one maybe in September, or do you mean a swim at McCorrie? That swim your friend is planning sounds interesting...are you talking about Bridget?
No, not Bridget. I have a friend/swimming partner in the neighborhood (she's in the SOS group too). She and I frequently swim at McCorrie. She has suggested we do a swim along the shoreline from the McCorrie Point area in Portsmouth, south to Second Beach (aka Sachuest Beach) in Middletown. It's around 11 miles. But I think she's talking about this for next summer.
Dan
