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Swim training volume
With swimming representing 10-15% of total race time, anyone got any views on what % of training time its worth allocating to swimming?
Looking back to when I did the Ironman, I was swimming for 4-5 sessions a week (to gain approx 2-3 mins?), and have always thought I should have allocated more time to cycling where 20-30 min gains are not unrealistic.
Cheers
JULIAN
Looking back to when I did the Ironman, I was swimming for 4-5 sessions a week (to gain approx 2-3 mins?), and have always thought I should have allocated more time to cycling where 20-30 min gains are not unrealistic.
Cheers
JULIAN
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Permalink Reply by Sonic on -
Plenty research into the effects of high-volume swim training on performance suggests there is no advantage to piling on the kilometres.
For me, what's important is not just being able to complete the swim distance in a reasonable time, BUT complete it so I can start the bike at full tilt. In real terms this means I will swim for approx 20% of total training time; 2-3 sessions per week - two speed sessions and one endurance upto race distance +x%, say 2,000m if I'm focussing on olympic races.
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