Love your posts, they really make me think. 2-way Windermere last week more than doubled my previous longest swim but I maintained a stroke rate of 66+\-1 for the first 12 miles and my mile times were very consistent. As the swim progressed I dropped my rate to around 60 and the mile times dropped by about three minutes. Mile 18 was down to 58 stroke rate and threw a really slow mile. Last couple of miles I picked the rate up again and the times came down.
Love your posts, they really make me think. 2-way Windermere last week more than doubled my previous longest swim but I maintained a stroke rate of 66+\-1 for the first 12 miles and my mile times were very consistent. As the swim progressed I dropped my rate to around 60 and the mile times dropped by about three minutes. Mile 18 was down to 58 stroke rate and threw a really slow mile. Last couple of miles I picked the rate up again and the times came down.