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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I am not sure I buy your premise that swimming training is so different. I ride with a guy who does the same thing except on the bike and for much longer distances and he is not nearly as fast as some of the other cyclists I train with.
I think swimming training is not really that different. The top cyclists and runners worry alot about power and form. In some ways swimming is more technical than cycling but in some ways less, you cannot crash swimming, the terrain does not vary etc
I am not sure I buy your premise that swimming training is so different. I ride with a guy who does the same thing except on the bike and for much longer distances and he is not nearly as fast as some of the other cyclists I train with.
I think swimming training is not really that different. The top cyclists and runners worry alot about power and form. In some ways swimming is more technical than cycling but in some ways less, you cannot crash swimming, the terrain does not vary etc
