Álex Imbernón de www.nadacontreno.com returns to #Feedyourdreams to tell us the advice that came after facing the journey to Tabarca-Santa Pola, tips from the experience of many swimmers who face this background test.
Last Sunday, the XX edition of one of the most important journeys in Spain was held in Santa Pola, THE INTERNATIONAL COURT TABARCA - SANTA POLA. This time and on the occasion of the participation of many components of the #nceteam team of www.nadaconentreno.com, we are going to tell you from within these interesting real tips for the OWS swimmer that occurred last Sunday when about 1,200 swimmers began a test loaded with illusion and enthusiasm for all.
1. Train for the journey
Does it seem obvious, right? One of the surprises that I had the most was to see that Many people were going to do the test without training !! Crazy People !! I still repeat it and I think it's a savage. Sometimes we take the challenges as an unnecessary extreme challenge. I say it mainly because you are subjecting your body to an extreme state of health where unfortunately sometimes they appear in the news that you never want to hear. Train even 1 month! But train!
Is it by places to train swimming in your area? Apart from us, surely you can find different groups or swimming clubs where you can train for this hard journey, but please, Sign up because surely you won't have your relatives suffering for you;)
2. Go rested to the test
Tabarca - Santa Pola is a journey that personally became hard for many aspects that we are commenting on in this article. One is certainly that the test begins at 7:30 am. The early age is the least, but we have to be realistic and for the comments of the participants I must tell you that You start the test very tired. Because? Surely the night before you have bed at your usual time and many of you know that even nerves wake up instead of 5:00 am, at 4:00 am because your mind does not let you sleep. The conclusion is that You introduce yourself to the test practically without sleeping and without resting. If we add that you have to go by boat to the island, collect dorsal and say goodbye to your partner or relative, we are arranged.
The solution many times goes for reassuring us the night before helping you with relaxation exercises or for which you cannot sleep anything, talk to your pharmacist from your area to see if it can help you rest better.
3. Hydrater and #Feedyourdreams
Surely you will think that I say this to put 226ers wedge!
The reality is that it comes to me that I do not even be painted that you do not stop drinking water “not a single second” in this blog but it is a reality that many do not drink a glass of water before the test. Minimum every 20 'a swallow is very advisable Of these that recover the body just by pressing the drum.
You know that Thanks to 226ers, we have several ways of hydrating before, during and after the test. In the sea the phases of during and after the test is more complicated, but for me it is key to be well hydrated to the starting gun.
That is why you will always see me with my boat with Energy Drink since if we add that we have not rested well the night before nerves, that we have suffered digestive problems that further dehydrates and that we have not hydrated the body with salts, This test may be made very long where the average of the swimmers to finish it was 2 h swimming.
4. Avoid the frictions of your skin, solar burns and jellyfish bites.
Here there has been an evolution in terms of safety and prior care to the exit of the crossing. Although in their own way because I still see those who only lack a vaseline bathtub to bathe before starting the test.
For chafing, as you have already trained in the sea and you know that salt makes certain parts of your body rub when swimming, Base vaseline in those areas where you usually swim in swimming And you get uncomfortable when swimming. For me it is essential that the organization put boats for swimmers but unfortunately This is not fulfilled in all tests.
Also protégé yourself from the sun prior to the test, but Do not pay the rookie of smear of sun cream, especially the face, because it is not the first that in the middle of the test it has had to stop to Clean your eyes Because the cream was producing stinging in his eyes and it was impossible to keep swimming.
And finally, there is a product that they sell in the pharmacy that protects you from the sun and on top makes the jellyfish in case of touching youDo not pique you. It is a product as novel and Dubitative for my part of whether it really works. If you have tried it, encourage and Tell us your experience through comments in this post And we are drawing conclusions.
5. Don't forget about heating
You will not deny me that most of you do it, right? Luckily we are not in an exam, if not I would suspend everyone!
It is very important to organize well before starting the test, so the breakfast time + trip by car to the test + collection of dorsal + heating It has to be in our mind To start the test in luxury.
Tell your coach which warming is the best for the test you are going to do and dedicate at least 15 'to heat and concentrate well For the beginning of it.
I was in the second turn last Sunday, so I arrived at the island of Tabarca at 7.25 am. I could not heat for logistics issues and I tell you that I noticed it above all at the beginning since The body needs to climb pulsations and heat the machine before starting the hard test. If this happens to you, do not start fully, start progressively and try to get up so that the effort is less.
Conclusion
Do not do the madness of your life and train prior to the test, it is very important especially for your health. Rest well the day before and especially the night before since going without sleep will affect your performance. Hydrater since you get up, since the body needs gasoline to be able to perform at the maximum and that can respond to the energy you are going to submit. Protect your body avoiding chafing, sunburns and jellyfish bites. And finally heat well before starting the test, you will appreciate it.
I take the moment to congratulate all the swimmers who fulfilled their dream And they could finish this great long -distance swimming party, to the victors who gave a recital of how to swim in open waters, to the organization for their loyalty to swimmers and of course, to the #nceteam team that lately does not go down from the podium ☺.
I hope this article helps you to be a little better!
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