Re: 3km

"Micheal Artindale" <micheal.artindale@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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>"Martin Smith" <sleepless@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Micheal Artindale wrote:
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>> > "jtaylor" <jtaylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> >>"Martin Smith" <sleepless@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> >>>Micheal Artindale wrote:
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>> >>>>I finally did 3km in 2 hrs.
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>> >>>>Was it due to the drills? Was it due to something else?
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>> >>>>I dont know, all I do know is that in 2hrs, I did 3 km.
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>> >>>Without stopping?
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>> >>>That means you can probably do 5k in 4 hours. Only 3k more to squeeze
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>> > in.
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>> >>No.
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>> >>3 plus 3 is 6.
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>> > So, it wasnt just me who could not figure out that math equation?
>> >
>> > I dont feel so bad.
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>> What does 3 + 3 refer to?
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>> I said if you can do 3k in 2hrs, then you can probably do 5k in 4hrs. 5k
>> + 3k is 8k. That means you still have to increase your average speed
>> enough to squeeze 3k more into 4hrs.
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>Actually, lets do some math i did 4km in 2.75 hrs, so, to do 8km at roughly
>that speed is = 5.5 hrs

Do you really think you can even-split an 8k given your current
training regimen? You can't figure that wayl. After the first 4km you
will be tired. The second half will be slower.

>Now, I did 3km in 2 hrs, using that number, 8km at that speed is = 5.33 hrs
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>I can do the math, it seams Mr. Smith, you cannot.

I think what you'll find, Michaeaaeal, is that your math and your
swimming don't match.

>> Now you probably feel a lot worse.
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>Nope. I feel great, aside from the soreness

Look, you get sore every time you try to work at what for most people
isn't even a warmup pace, or when you go a distance that isn't much
further than a warmup. That means you are out of shape, and you are
planning to swim an 8k in open water in seven months. And now you are
deluding youself into believing that right now you can hold your best
4k pace for 8k.

You may be right, but if you are right, it means you aren't working
hard at all when you swim 4k in 2.75 hours. You can easily swim 4k in
2.75 hours. If that's the case, why are you asking for all this
advice? If you can easily swim 4k in 2.75 hours, then if you put some
effort into it, you can swim 4k in 1.5 hours. Why don't you try that
this weekend? Maybe you can already achieve your goal.

All crawl, no stopping, no hanging on the walls.

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