Hi all,
MY 1st post! I'm thrilled I found this site. I hope you can help. I'm a good swimmer (12+ years of year-round competition when I was a kid), but have taken a LOT of time off. I'm 34, been back in the pool for about a year and feel great! I've been doing about 2000+/- yd workouts, some easy long sets, others short quick, little rest time. I have been staying in shape otherwise -- running, weights, yoga.
Here's my question: I'm doing a 1-mile open swim in June. I'm clueless about workouts. I've never trained for a distance like this. I can do a mile in a 25-yd pool in about 22 min -- pushing it hard. But I'd like to improve that time.
I dont' know how this translates into open water time. And I don't know how to train for this. I'd really like to be able to run, lift and yoga as well.
I'm looking for a 3 day per week program (is that enough?). I just want to get my speed up. I'm perfectly comfortable with the distance, so I'm not concerned about that.
Any ideas would be very much appreciated! Thanks so much.
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Thanks again to everyone for your workout tips, wetsuit info etc. I wanted to get back to this site sooner, but it got backburnered for a while.
My husband and I did the Chesapeake Bay Miler (NOT the 4.4!). It was much much much harder than I could have ever imagined. We trained well, so we thought, including one open water swim per week to get the feel for sighting, wetsuits, etc.
It was tough getting out -- there wasn't much of a chop, water was relatively calm, but there was a tough current drawing towards the beach. I felt like I was swimming in place. I also think I swam much longer than one mile!
I finished around 35 min -- and was shocked at the time when I got to the beach, so disappointed. I thought that was SO slow. Happy and proud that we finished, etc. but still disappointed. Then I find out that I finished #117 out of about 350+. I placed 3rd in my age group. So I felt a bit better. 1st place finished around 20 min, 16-yr old! But 3rd place was a 54-yr old. LOVE swimming for that reason -- it's the great equalizer.
So, thanks to all of you -- I look forward to another open water swim, and am looking into being part of a tri relay.
Hope everyone's having a great summer!
Thanks again to everyone for your workout tips, wetsuit info etc. I wanted to get back to this site sooner, but it got backburnered for a while.
My husband and I did the Chesapeake Bay Miler (NOT the 4.4!). It was much much much harder than I could have ever imagined. We trained well, so we thought, including one open water swim per week to get the feel for sighting, wetsuits, etc.
It was tough getting out -- there wasn't much of a chop, water was relatively calm, but there was a tough current drawing towards the beach. I felt like I was swimming in place. I also think I swam much longer than one mile!
I finished around 35 min -- and was shocked at the time when I got to the beach, so disappointed. I thought that was SO slow. Happy and proud that we finished, etc. but still disappointed. Then I find out that I finished #117 out of about 350+. I placed 3rd in my age group. So I felt a bit better. 1st place finished around 20 min, 16-yr old! But 3rd place was a 54-yr old. LOVE swimming for that reason -- it's the great equalizer.
So, thanks to all of you -- I look forward to another open water swim, and am looking into being part of a tri relay.
Hope everyone's having a great summer!
