Andrewmc wrote:
I dont think this is instead of swimming somewhere else but perhaps in addition to
I agree with your comments. In the last 2 years I've been in the same pool as the south african and parts of the british teams at various times as well as one random afternoon where I sat and watched a bloke swimming on his own banging out 100 LCM leaving on a ridiculously short interval - I cant remember what it was but I posted here questioing how good he was
What I am considering is whether having the access would get me swimming more and the truth is that if the difference between going to the pool which is a trip of its own or getting changed and going outside - I know which one will happen more frequently
Ah yes, actually I do recall your posts about the RSA and Brit teams as well as the one with the guy doing something like 1:00-1:05 per 100 LCM lvg on something like 1:15, for something like 20 or 30 or more 100s, which is pretty damn fast. So, now that you've explained your pool as supplemental to going to "the big pool", I could see that type of usage. Shoot, if you had the desire, you could swim an easy 2000 in the mornings at home, then go to the big pool in the afternoon and do another 4000-5000 yd/m; you prob wouldn't need as much warm-up in your second swim of the day. Of course, you'd have to be cautious about this as swimming twice a day, 6-7 days/wk can quickly lead to burn-out for all but the truly talented who can handle these types of workloads:)
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