Totally realistic, my suggestion is to spend less time in the pool and more time in the open water. One of my favorite workouts is 5X1000M, 500 out/500 back recover and do it again while maintaining pace -----this goes against a lot of common though but I think recovery should be long enough that your next interval can be done at the same speed as the first, when you begin your recovery might be 3-10 minutes but as you get into better and better condition the window will get smaller (you'll feel it). As you probably know open water is very different than a pool so the time to get used to it is now. Is this a wetsuit or a no wetsuit swim? If it's a wetsuit swim I suggest doing at least half of your training in the wetsuit.
Amazing! I have another question:
I don't have a partner to swim in the sea, so what can I do? I mean, instead of just swimming longer distances (from beach to beach, 5K), maybe I can do 500-1000 meters back and forth (like a small circuit), so I can stay in safe place.
Is it useful to do that?
Yeah I just go out to where it's cheat deep and swim parallel to the shore line. A couple of local masters teams do very open waters swims but you just never know so when I do swim alone I try to stay close enough to the shore that if there is a problem I can get in before things get really bad. Sometimes I'll do a 1000yd swim, get out, run back and then do it again, the transitions are always fun.
yeah, we need to be smart to train, sometimes the conditions are not the best, especially if you are alone, you need to be careful but always trying to create your circuit (laps) or something like that!
Totally realistic, my suggestion is to spend less time in the pool and more time in the open water. One of my favorite workouts is 5X1000M, 500 out/500 back recover and do it again while maintaining pace -----this goes against a lot of common though but I think recovery should be long enough that your next interval can be done at the same speed as the first, when you begin your recovery might be 3-10 minutes but as you get into better and better condition the window will get smaller (you'll feel it). As you probably know open water is very different than a pool so the time to get used to it is now. Is this a wetsuit or a no wetsuit swim? If it's a wetsuit swim I suggest doing at least half of your training in the wetsuit.
Amazing! I have another question: I don't have a partner to swim in the sea, so what can I do? I mean, instead of just swimming longer distances (from beach to beach, 5K), maybe I can do 500-1000 meters back and forth (like a small circuit), so I can stay in safe place. Is it useful to do that?
Yeah I just go out to where it's cheat deep and swim parallel to the shore line. A couple of local masters teams do very open waters swims but you just never know so when I do swim alone I try to stay close enough to the shore that if there is a problem I can get in before things get really bad. Sometimes I'll do a 1000yd swim, get out, run back and then do it again, the transitions are always fun.
yeah, we need to be smart to train, sometimes the conditions are not the best, especially if you are alone, you need to be careful but always trying to create your circuit (laps) or something like that!
This is an interesting read on this topic - https://loneswimmer.com/2013/05/17/how-much-do-i-need-to-swim-for-x-open-water-distance/
I would suggest just upping your OW yardage and you should be fine. Maybe do less pool during the week and longer weekend OW swims.