Any discussion about adding a new category to your online workouts? Great article in the March-April 2019 Swimmer edition about the success of USPRT. As the writer Jim Thornton wrote: "Perhaps it's time to look into yet another protocol. Masters-USPRT." Perhaps it's time to add it to your online workout section!!!!!
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Are you having fun? For me, fun is first in my mind. If you're having fun, then it's not so much of a sacrifice. Even if I don't achieve my speed goals (which are, relatively speaking, just as ambitious as yours) I still achieve workout and commitment goals and receive delicious validation by working toward them and improving. And I truly enjoy racing and competition (even losing) and the feel of satisfied exhaustion after giving 100% in a race or set. Do you share that experience?
I am ONLY having fun in open water swimming, and the pool is boring for me. Also, my fun is currently limited because I cannot swim with the open water group going long distance in my city, as they are too fast for me to follow (their endurance pace is under 1:40 / 100 m). The only purposes for me to get in a pool are to experiment different combinations of speed / intensity / technique / etc., and do squad training, and also to have a "relatively safe" environment to push my cold limit when it gets really cold.
I am only aiming to complete races without being cut off as I know it is not possible for me to get to the level of swimming 15 km in 4 hours.
Are you having fun? For me, fun is first in my mind. If you're having fun, then it's not so much of a sacrifice. Even if I don't achieve my speed goals (which are, relatively speaking, just as ambitious as yours) I still achieve workout and commitment goals and receive delicious validation by working toward them and improving. And I truly enjoy racing and competition (even losing) and the feel of satisfied exhaustion after giving 100% in a race or set. Do you share that experience?
I am ONLY having fun in open water swimming, and the pool is boring for me. Also, my fun is currently limited because I cannot swim with the open water group going long distance in my city, as they are too fast for me to follow (their endurance pace is under 1:40 / 100 m). The only purposes for me to get in a pool are to experiment different combinations of speed / intensity / technique / etc., and do squad training, and also to have a "relatively safe" environment to push my cold limit when it gets really cold.
I am only aiming to complete races without being cut off as I know it is not possible for me to get to the level of swimming 15 km in 4 hours.
