20 miles a week training?!

[_T.K_]

Hello All,

I have recently started my application for the Bootnecks (got my interview in a week) and i have been advised to run atleast twenty miles a week!
Iam also a competitve swimmer and polo player and train on average 10 hours in the pool a week. Adding gym work and circuits etc.
The swimming alone is a major part of my C.V training and i want to know if i should cut out the swimming and concentrate fully on the running. (i can still run 1.5 in 8:37 and 3m in 19:50)

Any response will be appreciated

Regards,

Tom

[lew]

Run as well mate, 20 miles a week isn’t that much in retrospect.

Don’t cut the swimming out, its great for CV, plus as a non impact exercise it gives your bones and joints a rest


Good luck with the interview mate.

lew

[Benw]

TK, with times like that you are already where you need to be.

[druadan]

Your run times are okay, so a couple of runs a week will do you fine, and keep up the swimming. Twenty miles a week I'd say is excessive on top of the amount of CV training you already do. Just my tuppence.