From the SF Gate: "... Natalie Coughlin built her fame in the water, stroke by tedious stroke. She swam between 6,000 and 7,000 yards per practice - once or twice a day, five days a week, for the year leading into the Olympics in August. Her talent and training led to six medals in Beijing, the most ever by a U.S. female athlete in one Olympics. ..." [Link]Those distances have a nice to ring to them. One-hour in the morning, another hour in the evening would actually feel pretty good.
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"One-hour in the morning, another hour in the evening would actually feel pretty good.
Not if you had to swim 7,000 yards covering all four strokes, which would be necessary to compete in the IM. I'm going to guess her workouts last at least an hour and a half to allow some anaerobic work. Somehow equating an Olympian's training regime with "feeling good" just doesn't work for me.
As for me: 3,500 to 4,000 in the morning followed by 2,500 to 3,000 at night five days a week sounds fun.
Speaking personally I've found 5,000 meters six days a week to be quite exhausting. Now if I could nap a couple hours around noon and have a daily massage I might agree with you but, alas, that's not to be. And I will point out Coughlin's mileage is per practice - not a daily figure. She's putting in the standard 60 klicks a week virtually all Olympians commit to.
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