There's a certain loneliness about training for open-water swimming, especially when you do your training in a pool. This drill serves multiple purposes to teach and help break the monotony that comes with 5,000-meter swims.
Yesterday's main set was all about back-half swimming. Today's set continues that theme...but the entire main set requires a "back-half" strategy in order to achieve the goal of descending your times over the course of 1800 yards.
Working pace today, and practicing the ability to stay relaxed on the front part of each swim or race.
This week's set follows the theme of learning how to pace yourself from start to finish through a workout.
Trying to convince people to plan for what's to come is sometimes tricky. Today was no different than yesterday... almost like a theme is building. Going to have to mix things up a bit more tomorrow.
Here's a pace set to learn just how smooth, and how tough your correct pace for a 200 feels.
We decided to reshoot and repost this drill because when we originally posted it, there was no sound on the video. On YouTube, when people see the old version, they commonly respond that there are no flip turns in butterfly... in this drill, there are.
Learning what a solid pace to hold is typically a work in progress... understanding how the water feels as you travel at that pace is a learned skill.
Descend 200s with active rest. Another good practice if you're prepping for the One Hour Swim.
Here's a 300-yard mini set that works well as part of a taper practice.
This week's set asks you to swim in all the different training zones, from recovery/aerobic, all the way up to above race pace.
With the talk of tech suits coming back up, I thought I'd post a pic and short video of what people still use their tech suits for.
This week's set, like Glenn's kick set from May 25, 2011, demands close attention to effort and pace...and the ability to do math in your head while swimming.
Sometimes the shortest sets can teach you the most about where you are.
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