Open Water Swimming

[mon-goose]

have only once done 10km in the pool and it was broken up into 500m sets. Took me 3h40 to complete.

2h29 is impressive

[EmJayZA]

How is this for pace almost 10km at 1:36/100m...   in the pool 

 

https://www.strava.com/activities/1066220112

 

Rich Roll.jpg

 

Much envy. It's mind boggling really. Always amazes me what the human body can do with persistence.  

[_David_]

have only once done 10km in the pool and it was broken up into 500m sets. Took me 3h40 to complete.

2h29 is impressive

 

I can safely say that I will never swim 10km in a pool :-) 

 

Rich Roll is the author of "Finding Ultra" he is training for the Otillo Swimrun World Championships in Sept.

 

Edit: http://otilloswimrun.com

 

http://www.triathlonbusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/150522_OTILLO-Swimrun-Photo-Jakob-Edholm.jpg

 

http://otilloswimrun.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/blurbImg-Results-OTILLO2015.jpg

Edited July 6, 2017 by DA\/ID

[EmJayZA]

I can safely say that I will never swim 10km in a pool :-) 

 

Rich Roll is the author of "Finding Ultra" he is training for the Otillo Swimrun World Championships in Sept.

 

I doubt I will do anything more than a 4km set in the pool. 

 

Had to read up on OTILLO. Just a brief overview for everyone:

 

ÖTILLÖ is a unique race in a unique place. It is the origin of the Swimrun movement where teams of two race together from island to island (Ö till Ö). The teams swim between the 26 islands and run over them. The total distance is 75 kilometres of which 10 km are open-water swimming and 65 km are trail-running.

[IceCreamMan]

I doubt I will do anything more than a 4km set in the pool. 

 

Had to read up on OTILLO. Just a brief overview for everyone:

one day I would like to do this, swim wont be the problem, the running and chafing will be hell. need to find a teammate and securing an entry is a problem these days. 

[mon-goose]

on bigbayevents.co.za there are two open water swim races open for entry. The one is a 1.6km next month in bigbay on womens day and the other is the end of October at Benguela cover (500m, 1km, 3km 5km)

[mon-goose]

did a nice set this morning

 

1500 easy
200 (50 kick 50 breaststroke 50 backstroke 50 freestyle)
200 (4x50 fast)
400 freestyle
400 (2x200 fast)
300 (100 back 100 breast 100 free)
600 = 4x (100 easy 50 fast)
500 easy
500 (5x100 fast)
500 easy

 

total 5.1km

[EmJayZA]

Impressive. I swim around 5km to 7km a week, so that is a proper workout. After long swims (which is 2.4km max for me), I hop into the sauna. 

[mon-goose]

did my first unbroken 5km pool swim this morning and felt great. Planning to do the 3km ocean swim at Clifton on Sunday and the 1.6km swim at bigbay next wednesday

[EmJayZA]

That is some crazy dedication. I can barely get through a 1.5km set. I get so bored. 

[mon-goose]

it is fairly boring. But I've got my long term goal in mind so it helps me keep going

[mon-goose]

don't forget the womans day swim at bigbay tomorrow. 1.6km AT 10am

[mon-goose]

so i've entered for my first 5km ocean swim in 6 weeks time, oh boy

[mon-goose]

atlantic dash 5km: Clifton to 3 anchor bay - entries open on bigbayevents.co.za

[Stevo9119]

I don't know if this has been discussed, but what is the best swimming goggles to use for open water swimming. Will swim at cradle moon lakeside game lodge next month and then in East London end of Jan 2018. Do I buy normal training goggles or the open water goggles with bigger lenses?

[Chris_]

I don't know if this has been discussed, but what is the best swimming goggles to use for open water swimming. Will swim at cradle moon lakeside game lodge next month and then in East London end of Jan 2018. Do I buy normal training goggles or the open water goggles with bigger lenses?

 

I use normal speedo pool goggles, I only bought them because I liked the reflective gold lenses... (shameless) 

 

I've never tried the larger open water type, although I'm also curious. Saying that my normal goggles got through Ironman no problem.