Build your Boston Light Swim plan
Your coach opens with the Boston Light Swim set for August (an estimate until the date is announced), asks about your week and your fitness, then writes every session of your open-water swim plan. Free, and you can start as a guest. About 40 weeks to go.
Start your Boston Light Swim plan- Formats
- 8 miles
- Sport
- Swimming
Boston Light Swim distances
- 8 miles 8 mi
Course
The Boston Light Swim course
A point-to-point swim through Boston Harbor. Swimmers start at the Boston Light on Little Brewster Island and come ashore in South Boston (the L Street Bathhouse / Curley Community Center at M Street Beach).
Read the full course notes
Swimmers motor out to the start from the Boston Harbor Yacht Club.
- Formats
- 8 miles
- Race-day conditions
- The organizer describes it as a non-wetsuit swim.
What to train for
Build toward several continuous swims of 3 to 4 hours in cool water without a wetsuit, and practice feeding from a boat.
Work on steady pacing, since harbor tides and chop can stretch the swim.
Also in Claude
Ask Claude for this plan
Add Athlete Space to Claude once, then paste this prompt and put in your own numbers.
Build me a open-water swim season for the Boston Light Swim in August. I train about [hours] hours a week, [days] days a week.
Boston Light Swim training questions
How long should I train for the Boston Light Swim?
Most athletes give a open-water swim eight to sixteen weeks of focused training on top of an existing base. The coach counts back from your actual race date, so if you have less time than that it builds the best plan the remaining weeks allow rather than pretending you have longer.
What is the Boston Light Swim course like?
A point-to-point swim through Boston Harbor.
How cold is the water at the Boston Light Swim?
The organizer describes it as a non-wetsuit swim.
Do I need an account to get a Boston Light Swim training plan?
Start as a guest and save a free account later. Your coach writes your open-water swim plan and adapts it every week as you log your training. No card.