As I peruse the workouts that some of you do, and as I prepare for my first ever 3000m swim (12 March), I had to wonder how many forumites do subject swims on a regular basis.
I put a question mark beside the word "easy", because perhaps such swimming could be tempo/strong pace sometimes, vice recovery pace.
(Maybe such swims are done but are not worthy to be recorded as "workouts"?)
Thoughts?
That's great, thanks.
I imagine the Open Water 5k/10k types need to do such swims often.
But what about you sprinter/middle-distance types? Does 3km+ continuous (in a pool?) get done regularly?
Sorry for my ambiguity. I took up open water swimming only because I didn't have pool access. I enjoyed the social aspect of it, which was a large reason I'll be doing it again this year. But I am without question a typical pool swimmer. I'd say I'm most comforable training for the 100 fly and 500 free.
But I do feel that the longer swims are beneficial. You HAVE to have a good efficient stroke. Really helps the 500. My mile time dropped 30 seconds over the span of doing the open water stuff, and the intervals I swim on the 500 have continued to drop.
That's great, thanks.
I imagine the Open Water 5k/10k types need to do such swims often.
But what about you sprinter/middle-distance types? Does 3km+ continuous (in a pool?) get done regularly?
Sorry for my ambiguity. I took up open water swimming only because I didn't have pool access. I enjoyed the social aspect of it, which was a large reason I'll be doing it again this year. But I am without question a typical pool swimmer. I'd say I'm most comforable training for the 100 fly and 500 free.
But I do feel that the longer swims are beneficial. You HAVE to have a good efficient stroke. Really helps the 500. My mile time dropped 30 seconds over the span of doing the open water stuff, and the intervals I swim on the 500 have continued to drop.
