I am looking for some thoughts about how to best to use my swim time of 1X per week of about an hour. Some background info: I am currently 58 and started Tri's 6 years ago. I was a summer club swimmer back in my high school days so I am pretty comfortable in the water. I spent a couple years in my late 30's swimming USMS. Since starting Tri's I swim 1X per week starting in Jan/Feb preparing for summer races. I have completed about 15- 1500M open water race swims and 3- 1.2 mile race swims. The 1500M times are about 25/26 minutes. My 1.2 mile time is about 36/37 minutes. My swim training is typically about 6 months of 1X per week starting at 20 minutes/session and maxing at about 40 minutes per workout. I usually do a straight swim with some 10 x 50 or 10 x 100 intervals from time to time. This usually puts me in the top 25-30% in the age group. My bike is usually in the bottom 30-40% so I try to use more time to train on the bike.
I recently started back with a Masters Group. I still maintain a 1X per week swim. We currently complete 2400-2700 yds per workout. This include WU,stroke drills, kick set, Main Set and cool down. I'm not sure how this will compare in preparing me for the "long" swim for the Oly or the HIM. I always felt with my old training I was pretty sure where my pace would be and that my total time was pretty predictable.
Race times are Oly 2:45, HIM 6:25.
Any thoughts or suggestions on how to best use the 1X per week session are welcomed!
And yes I know, I should swim more often. :-)
Thanks
I recently started back with a Masters Group. I still maintain a 1X per week swim. We currently complete 2400-2700 yds per workout. This include WU,stroke drills, kick set, Main Set and cool down. I'm not sure how this will compare in preparing me for the "long" swim for the Oly or the HIM. I always felt with my old training I was pretty sure where my pace would be and that my total time was pretty predictable.
Race times are Oly 2:45, HIM 6:25.
Any thoughts or suggestions on how to best use the 1X per week session are welcomed!
And yes I know, I should swim more often. :-)
Thanks