I have a bit of a quandary with my upcoming 1-hour Postal swim. As I've been training for it, I've concentrated on hitting certain yardage (meters) at specific times. However, for whatever reason, at the SCM pool that I swim at about 99% of the time, there won't be a Postal swim conducted this year. I had to sign up for a time-slot at another nearby pool...that I've never actually swam in. It's a rather new facility at a local college. I was under the assumption that it too is a 25 SCM pool. So no big deal. But I just found out that it's a SCY pool. So my question is...other than the obvious of doing the math to convert from meters to yards to determine where I want to be at certain times...is there anything else that I should be considering? Should I just throw out my planned time/distance milestones from the SCM pool and just "go for it" in the SCY pool?
Dan
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My advice is just get in and start swimming and don't overthink it. If you've been training for it you must have a good feel for the pace you can hold. Just start swimming and don't worry about the clock.
+1. Don't make it too complicated. Swim at the perceived effort you've trained at and let the distance be what it is.
My advice is just get in and start swimming and don't overthink it. If you've been training for it you must have a good feel for the pace you can hold. Just start swimming and don't worry about the clock.
+1. Don't make it too complicated. Swim at the perceived effort you've trained at and let the distance be what it is.
