No, that's gross. But we tell all the newbies that we do....

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Certainly not. You'll find that one of the bodies biological adaptations to significant long term swim training is that you only have to pee once or twice a day.

Liar.

I swam competitively (national/international level) through age 25 and still swim masters 2x per week. I don't think I've gotten through any swim without peeing in the pool at least 2x...

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I wrote this, you should read it:
https://www.slowtwitch.com/...n_Swimming_6700.html

Ya, i'd imagine you were averaging 5500 to 6000 cal/day, 7 days/wk, with that much swimming plus weights.

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"Anyone can be who they want to be IF they have the HUNGER and the DRIVE."

Oh, right... I forgot, we've gotta keep up the charade...

<loudly> Yea, I totally pee in the pool all the time </loudly>

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TG - It is great to hear from a new enthusiastic swimmer on this forum, since so many ST-ers bitch about how much they hate swimming. You are indeed doing very well to go 33 for 50 lcm on just 2 months of swim training; 33.0 for 50 lcm is about 29.0 for 50 scy which is much better than the average swimmer can do on just 2 months training. It sounds like you're doing everything right, swimming with a masters team, etc. Jason and others have provided all the guidance you need, so i'm just chiming in to say it's nice to have another enthused swimmer here:)

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"Anyone can be who they want to be IF they have the HUNGER and the DRIVE."

400 miles per week - that's pretty good (I'm assuming a minimum of 20mph average since you are so young and enthusiastic).

Although perhaps your actual mileage is a bit lower than that since based on your stated need to stop during swim workouts to pee, you're probably not peeing while cycling like a real triathlete.

As to your excellently articulated swim volume vs. technique question, probably your best bet is simply to ask your masters coach to log in here and discuss with the other elderly folks - as you noted he's helping you a lot so he should be willing to go the extra yard and discuss in a forum of experts so as to give you the best possible advice. In fact if he's a real good masters coach (and he must be, if he's spending so much time thinking about how to answer your questions before he responds to you on the pool deck), he's probably already on here and has just been too busy to join the conversation.

Best of luck in your creative writing career.

I was easily eatin 5k calories

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