For those of you on a 'plan' - what do you do about swimming?

depends, how much is your masters swim yrd vs what is the plan and distance.  most the time a masters swim workout is above the plan unless maybe you are doing an IM even than so i would continue with masters and just move workouts around.

be flexible with the plan.

I considered joining local masters group this spring, but scheduling just did not work for me when I'm trying to follow a training plan. I've improved some on my own with drills & videos of my stroke, but prob not nearly as fast as in a masters program.

But I'm poor swimmer (~2:15-20/100 for 1+mi swim) so really need to consider joining masters this winter.

I used to do Masters, but it's just too expensive for me.

I'm on a BT plan that gives specific workouts. I generally do them as written, but I'll replace some days with open water swims.

If I still did Masters, I'd just do that instead. Though, I'd try to get a nice, long swim in every other week or so on my own.

I use www.swimplan.com I'll modify their workout (add or subtract yardage) to match my plan.

Seems to be working.

KSH - 2011-09-09 9:42 AM

HEY! Who's getting to swim three days a week? SO not fair! ;-D 

Yep, I *wish* I had access to Masters, not to mention OWS more than three months a year (otherwise too cold), but you work with what you have, so I swim twice a week in a pool like Karen said.

I know that as a newbie swimmer, I'd benefit much more from a Masters class where I have someone keeping an eye on my form than swimming by myself. Like I said though, not an option here. :-(