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 2009-04-21 2:43 PM |
Veteran  152  |  Subject: Longest Swim Work Out?Two questions: What is the longest swim work out (in distance) that you have ever done? What is the longest swim work out that you do in an average training week? |
| 2009-04-21 2:49 PM in reply to: #2100636 |
Master 2327  North Alabama | Subject: RE: Longest Swim Work Out? My longest was close to 4500yrds and I was a whooped dog afterwards. I had the time and just wanted to see just how far I could get in the morning workouts. My average is probably close to 3500yrds 3x per week, during a normal training week. My morning workouts are written out between 4000-5000yrds and I swim as much of them as I can between 0500-0630. |
| 2009-04-21 2:57 PM in reply to: #2100636 |
Master 2571 Tiger's Den | Subject: RE: Longest Swim Work Out? Longest ever getting ready for IM was 3700 meters. Most of the time I am around 2700 2 X per week, with the occasional 3000 or 3200 thrown in. I choose not to spend more time swimming as the amount of effort needed to make me substantially faster would be better served riding or running. My fastest 100 is about a 1:30, race pace is around a 1:40- 1:45... |
| 2009-04-21 3:09 PM in reply to: #2100636 |
Expert 1202 Montana | Subject: RE: Longest Swim Work Out? My longest swims were 3600 yds, training for an Olympic dist. race last summer. I don't think I need to put that much yardage into it this year. I swim 1 or 2xs more per week at 2000 - 2500. |
| 2009-04-21 3:11 PM in reply to: #2100722 |
Sensei Sin City | Subject: RE: Longest Swim Work Out? My longest was just over 5000 yards. When I am training for Oly or HIM distance races, I probably have a something around 3000 for my longest during the week. Sometimes more, sometimes less. More of course, if I am training for a longer race. |
| 2009-04-21 3:14 PM in reply to: #2100636 |
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| 2009-04-21 3:16 PM in reply to: #2100636 |
Science Nerd 28760 Redwood City, California | Subject: RE: Longest Swim Work Out? Honestly, I have no idea. I'm sure I did workouts of 6,000 meters or more when I was swimming in high school (you can get in a lot of distance in 2 hours). Since tri training, I know that I have done a 4,000 meter workout. I get bored much more than that in the pool now. For Olympic training, my typical workouts were around 3,000 meters. |
| 2009-04-21 3:18 PM in reply to: #2100636 |
Cycling Guru 15134 Fulton, MD | Subject: RE: Longest Swim Work Out? I think I did a 4,400 yard swim once each time before my IM's (at least 4k for sure). My averages now are usually only in the 1,300 - 1,700 range during the school year and longer during the summer (3 young kids with two in school, so need to get them out the door before I can sneak to the pool and eek a swim in before work). |
| 2009-04-21 3:19 PM in reply to: #2100636 |
| Subject: RE: Longest Swim Work Out? I think the longest I had was maybe 3300-3400 (with a BT Oly plan last summer). On average, I do probably 2500-2600ish, I guess. All of our tri team workouts are for upwards of 3000, but we only get an hour in the pool (since we rent space), so the idea is that only the fastest of the fast are going to get it all in - the workouts are sort of "front-loaded" so that everyone will get through the most important sets. |
| 2009-04-21 3:23 PM in reply to: #2100636 |
Alpharetta, Georgia Bronze member | Subject: RE: Longest Swim Work Out? Longest was 4200 I think. |
| 2009-04-21 3:35 PM in reply to: #2100636 |
Champion 5117 Brandon, MS | Subject: RE: Longest Swim Work Out? |
| 2009-04-21 3:35 PM in reply to: #2100636 |
| Member 38 | Subject: RE: Longest Swim Work Out? I did my longest this past Saturday. I went 3600 yards. On average, I've been doing about 2200 yards 4-5 times per week (I've got an IT band problem right now, so swimming has been my focus). I'm training for a HIM in September. |
| 2009-04-21 3:40 PM in reply to: #2100636 |
| over a barrier | Subject: RE: Longest Swim Work Out? Did a 5K open water race in Lake Mich no wetsuit. That really sucked.  typical a "long swim workout" would be 3000-3500 with a good mix of WU/CD/Drills/endurance sets/speed sets |
| 2009-04-21 3:42 PM in reply to: #2100636 |
Master 2327 North Alabama | Subject: RE: Longest Swim Work Out? Man, lots of you have me considering trading in some of my swim time for more biking/running time. Almost like I'm over doing it... ...especially since my longest of the year is merely an Oly! |
| 2009-04-21 3:46 PM in reply to: #2100636 |
Elite 4048 Gilbert, Az. | Subject: RE: Longest Swim Work Out? dpeeples - 2009-04-21 12:43 PM Two questions: What is the longest swim work out (in distance) that you have ever done? What is the longest swim work out that you do in an average training week? 1. The "New Years" set from a sadistic coach in HS. First workout of the new year, 85x100 on 1:30 (Since it was 1985). I got to about 5900 or so before I had to start just swimming it straight, and I yakked at around 7000 and again when done. (I think there were only two people on the team that didn't yak that day) 2. Around 2000 scy for sprint/olympic, although I'm going to be bumping that up over the next few weeks. John |
| 2009-04-21 3:47 PM in reply to: #2100815 |
Veteran 152 | Subject: RE: Longest Swim Work Out? LostSheep - 2009-04-21 4:42 PM Man, lots of you have me considering trading in some of my swim time for more biking/running time. Almost like I'm over doing it... ...especially since my longest of the year is merely an Oly! I was expecting to see longer swim sets as well. I've only cracked 10K in a week once, but was thinking about making that (10K) my regular week. Very interesting. I guess it quickly becomes an intensity vs distance debate. |
| 2009-04-21 3:53 PM in reply to: #2100636 |
Champion 10742 Ames, IA | Subject: RE: Longest Swim Work Out? |
| 2009-04-21 4:06 PM in reply to: #2100636 |
Master 3127 Sunny Southern Cal | Subject: RE: Longest Swim Work Out? Max 4500 yards. My regular workout used to be 3600 yards, but it's become much, much shorter lately -- only doing about 20 minutes swimming at a time so that I can spend the rest of my pool time aquajogging. |
| 2009-04-21 4:09 PM in reply to: #2100836 |
| Alpharetta, Georgia Bronze member | Subject: RE: Longest Swim Work Out? dpeeples - 2009-04-21 3:47 PM LostSheep - 2009-04-21 4:42 PM Man, lots of you have me considering trading in some of my swim time for more biking/running time. Almost like I'm over doing it... I was expecting to see longer swim sets as well. I've only cracked 10K in a week once, but was thinking about making that (10K) my regular week. Very interesting. I guess it quickly becomes an intensity vs distance debate....especially since my longest of the year is merely an Oly! I read the original question as an average workout (1 workout) in an average training week, not the distance for the entire week. If the question was supposed to be the average distance for an entire WEEK, I'd multiply my answer by 3. Edited by lisac957 2009-04-21 4:10 PM |
| 2009-04-21 5:27 PM in reply to: #2100636 |
Master 2202 Canton, Michigan | Subject: RE: Longest Swim Work Out? I'll do some long swim workouts during the winter months and did some 5000 meter workouts this year. I normally like to swim a minimum of 2500 meters/workout.
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| 2009-04-21 5:28 PM in reply to: #2100918 |
Veteran 152 | Subject: RE: Longest Swim Work Out? lisac957 - 2009-04-21 5:09 PM dpeeples - 2009-04-21 3:47 PM LostSheep - 2009-04-21 4:42 PM Man, lots of you have me considering trading in some of my swim time for more biking/running time. Almost like I'm over doing it... I was expecting to see longer swim sets as well. I've only cracked 10K in a week once, but was thinking about making that (10K) my regular week. Very interesting. I guess it quickly becomes an intensity vs distance debate....especially since my longest of the year is merely an Oly! I read the original question as an average workout (1 workout) in an average training week, not the distance for the entire week. If the question was supposed to be the average distance for an entire WEEK, I'd multiply my answer by 3. The question was posed as a daily average. I thought a 5K work out (daily) would be more common, especially for the longer distance racers. |
| 2009-04-21 5:45 PM in reply to: #2101092 |
| 112 | Subject: RE: Longest Swim Work Out? I swim one continuous 2.4 mile swim once a week. 85 laps in my pool. |
| 2009-04-21 5:55 PM in reply to: #2100918 |
Sensei Sin City | Subject: RE: Longest Swim Work Out? lisac957 - 2009-04-21 2:09 PM dpeeples - 2009-04-21 3:47 PM LostSheep - 2009-04-21 4:42 PM Man, lots of you have me considering trading in some of my swim time for more biking/running time. Almost like I'm over doing it... I was expecting to see longer swim sets as well. I've only cracked 10K in a week once, but was thinking about making that (10K) my regular week. Very interesting. I guess it quickly becomes an intensity vs distance debate....especially since my longest of the year is merely an Oly! I read the original question as an average workout (1 workout) in an average training week, not the distance for the entire week. If the question was supposed to be the average distance for an entire WEEK, I'd multiply my answer by 3. I read it the same way. I average 8000-9000 per week with the longest at 3000-3500. |
| 2009-04-21 6:36 PM in reply to: #2100636 |
| Member 15 Hutchinson | Subject: RE: Longest Swim Work Out? 11,000 Yards 14-16000 normally per week Edited by Wilder 2009-04-21 6:37 PM |
| 2009-04-21 7:05 PM in reply to: #2100636 |
| Regular 357 | Subject: RE: Longest Swim Work Out? Mine was yesterday. 3500y straight. Planning on upping that soon (IM training). |
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