No Swimming on my OS Plan
Hello All,
My OS plan does not have swimming on it? Why is this? i have joined a master swim program, should i cancel it? If so, awesome because i hate swimming.. but am i missing something?
Jonathan
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Hello All,
My OS plan does not have swimming on it? Why is this? i have joined a master swim program, should i cancel it? If so, awesome because i hate swimming.. but am i missing something?
Jonathan
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The Team has found that you can lay off swimming for the entire OS and be right back where you were fairly quickly.
Mr. Brown-
We do not swim in the OS here in the haus. There are lots of write ups on this in the wiki and in the forums. Several of us not so fast swimmers do choose to swim in the OS working on drills, drills, and drills. I usually swim on the days off in the OS so Mondays and Friday. Now doing that I know I am working out 7 days a week.
Article here on swimming in the OS by Coach:
http://members.endurancenation.us/Resources/Wiki/tabid/108/Default.aspx?topic=No+Swimming+the+OutSeason
Tell us a little bit more about your swimming. Such as speed per 100 yards, time in your 70.3 races or IM's?????
Thanks
@JB run bike your ass off get fast. Later throw yourself a bone and swim if you feel the need. If you are a proficient swimmer no need. If you need work ie stroke and body positioning go ahead. Alot of haus peeps swim in OS on the sly!
I'm also a newbie at EN. I was literally about to post the same question, since I just got my OS plan. Glad I saw your post. No swimming, huh? I'll have to read the link but seems counter-intuitive to me even though swimming isn't my favorite. Unfortunately, its probably my weakest discipline, so I may have to sneak to the pool on those off days. Thanks for all the info!
To be clear about the mentality in the house concerning swimming, I don't believe that our coaches believe that in a perfect world where we had all the time we wanted to train and recover, swimming year round would be be a bad thing. The 'don't swim in the out season' mentality is based on the fact that most age groupers have jobs, families, and other commitments outside of sport that really make swimming a high opportunity cost endeavor. I'll use myself as an example.
My local pool opens at 5. In the mornings, since my wife has a monster commute (thank you D.C. / highway 95 traffic) I have kid duty. So I have to wake the kids up, dress and feed them and have them at separate locations, all before arriving at my own work desk by 0730 ready to work. Bottom line, morning swims are impossible. No pool available near work during the winter months. Afternoons, I usually pick the kids up, help with dinner and homework, and have some couch time with the wife. I COULD go swimming around 8, after the kids are in bed, but the 'life/spouse' cost of that would be huge. So for me, it just isn't worth it. I will focus on getting as fast as I can on the bike and run. In the summer, a pool opens up less than a mile from my office and I can load up on the swimming at lunch. At the end of the day, I am a slow swimmer and will be for a while. I'm ok with that. I realize that I don't make my living from triathlon and that my family will be here with me long after I've moved on to the next phase (obsessive addiction) of my life.
So again, it ain't that swimming year round won't make you a better swimmer. It will. The life cost calculus must be performed individually to see if it's worth it. Hope this helps. Good luck with whatever you decide to do.
You said it, brother!!! I'm still a recovering swim-a-holic from my youth -- I didn't even touch a pool for over 20yrs after hanging up my racing suit. I'm happy not to have to drive to the Y in the dark, cold months of winter.