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
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Originally posted by gull80
...None of this is relevant if you're not planning to compete.
I don't compete and I love all of this stuff. If I get in and do 2000 yards continuous, all at the same speed, I get boooooored. And I won't keep it up. I do some longer swims (not open water long, but pool long - say 750-1000 yards) once or twice each week and I also to a couple of workouts that have me gasping at the end of a 100 or 200 with enough rest to get my breath back and do it again. Add in different strokes and the variety keeps me interested.
I guess I do compete with myself though. I keep trying to improve my own times!:)
Originally posted by gull80
...None of this is relevant if you're not planning to compete.
I don't compete and I love all of this stuff. If I get in and do 2000 yards continuous, all at the same speed, I get boooooored. And I won't keep it up. I do some longer swims (not open water long, but pool long - say 750-1000 yards) once or twice each week and I also to a couple of workouts that have me gasping at the end of a 100 or 200 with enough rest to get my breath back and do it again. Add in different strokes and the variety keeps me interested.
I guess I do compete with myself though. I keep trying to improve my own times!:)
