Just a thought/request:
At some point in the future, it would be nice to have workouts posted by someone who specializes in LONG distance coaching with an eye on open water distances (1 mile "death sprints" to ??? miles). The workouts provided are generally excellent, but since open water distances basically start where pool distances leave off, it would be great to have something a bit more specific. This is especially true since there is a relatively small body of printed work on longer distance/open water training and coaches for LONG distances seem few and far between.
Would anyone else be interested and would this be possible?
-LBJ
Peter Crumbine (USMS Long Distance Committee chair) reported that his committee would get together some workouts geared towards open water events and post them to the web. It may take a few weeks to get this organized, but it’s coming.
In the mean time, you may wish to look at the Open Water Swimming Clinic Manual on the USMS Long Distance page www.usms.org/longdist
While it doesn’t contain any workouts, it does contain a number of drills and other valuable advice for novice and experienced open water swimmers.
Peter Crumbine (USMS Long Distance Committee chair) reported that his committee would get together some workouts geared towards open water events and post them to the web. It may take a few weeks to get this organized, but it’s coming.
In the mean time, you may wish to look at the Open Water Swimming Clinic Manual on the USMS Long Distance page www.usms.org/longdist
While it doesn’t contain any workouts, it does contain a number of drills and other valuable advice for novice and experienced open water swimmers.
