I notice a lot of people track their distance in the pool. I've never really seen swimming this way, and I wonder if it is a runner's point of view or if I'm missing something.
I know for triathlon races you may want to know you can swim a certain distance continuously and gauge your time accordingly but wouldn't it be more important to know your race pace? (ie time/100m).
Is swimming mileage important to you? why? or, why not?
Race Report: Muskoka River X 2024 (Algonquin Park Edition)
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Yes. I cannot go in the pool and just do laps for 'fun'.... I count in my head each lap I am doing and because it is so easy to forget I spend the whole lap repeating 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ... 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 ... etc.. Partly why I was never able to fully enjoy swimming, I feel like such a freak. But then again, I am like that for running, so my obsessive compulsive self is showing LOL
We are starting tomorrow!!!! I did my strength training this morning and pulled a muscle in my shoulder.... grrr
I can't count laps to save my life. If I have to do a 400m warm up I have to concentrate very hard to remember what lap I'm on. Well it's easier in the 50m pool. But at the end of a workout I don't say I swam 3200m because that number doesn't seem important. But maybe it IS important and I'm missing something.
It's more important to get in the pool consistently.
Good point!
wow! I'm not near that at all right now - 2400m has been the max so far....
We keep track of our distances - and I don't have too much of a problem keeping track - helps to follow a workout that has many 100/200m sets and I will just worry about counting to 100/200 - much easier.
Hey Carla... thanks for the comment. Not up to that distance at this point in time, but if I were, I wouldn't know it. I'm just getting my ass back to the pool and trying to be regular at this point.
I base all my training on time, that includes running and swimming.
You are right about confidence that you can cover the distance, but at this time of the year, form is more important.
If you were a golfer, would you go to the driving range, and count how many balls you hit? Just a thought.
Thanks Jim. There have been lots of interesting perspectives. I agree about concentrating on form at this point. I'm also watching very closely what my 25/50/100m times are. I really want to see them come down so I've stopped 'missing' my pool workouts.
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