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?
edit: I looked it up. I swam a 400 LCM IM back in 2017 (for a split request, obviously, as I will never be prepared to swim a 400 LCM IM well). I really don't think I've done anything that long, in race or in practice, since then. Just for fun it looked like this:
Leg
Cumulative
Subtractive
1
29.30
29.30
2
1:04.41
35.11
3
2:07.87
1:03.46
4
3:08.56
1:00.69
5
4:07.35
58.79
6
5:04.92
57.57
7
5:55.00
50.08
8
6:40.86
45.86
that looks incredibly painful. Nice 100 LCM fly through.
The longest time I've raced was in the 200SCM fr.
Leg
Cumulative
Subtractive
1
28.59
28.59
2
1:23.32
54.73
3
2:22.22
58.90
4
3:16.41
54.19
I believe I raced that 50 split request without breathing. On the 3rd 50 I realized I may require the lane line (dq) in case of drowning. Was so treacherous, but I made it legally to the finish line.
The only time I swim more than 500 nonstop is when on vacation in areas with tropical oceans, wearing fins, swimming over beautiful reefs. I could spend several hours at a time.
edit: I looked it up. I swam a 400 LCM IM back in 2017 (for a split request, obviously, as I will never be prepared to swim a 400 LCM IM well). I really don't think I've done anything that long, in race or in practice, since then. Just for fun it looked like this:
Leg
Cumulative
Subtractive
1
29.30
29.30
2
1:04.41
35.11
3
2:07.87
1:03.46
4
3:08.56
1:00.69
5
4:07.35
58.79
6
5:04.92
57.57
7
5:55.00
50.08
8
6:40.86
45.86
that looks incredibly painful. Nice 100 LCM fly through.
The longest time I've raced was in the 200SCM fr.
Leg
Cumulative
Subtractive
1
28.59
28.59
2
1:23.32
54.73
3
2:22.22
58.90
4
3:16.41
54.19
I believe I raced that 50 split request without breathing. On the 3rd 50 I realized I may require the lane line (dq) in case of drowning. Was so treacherous, but I made it legally to the finish line.
The only time I swim more than 500 nonstop is when on vacation in areas with tropical oceans, wearing fins, swimming over beautiful reefs. I could spend several hours at a time.
