The local people are making me jealous

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Former Member — Thu, 25 Oct 2018 12:00:29 GMT

I'm from South China. We have access to the sea but I can't find any useful information about mass participation OWS events in South China (especially over 5 km) on the web and also in the community.

RE: The local people are making me jealous

BobBruce — Wed, 24 Oct 2018 10:33:12 GMT

miklcct, where is your region? I've been involved in open water swimming for more than 50 years (and open water event management for more than 25 years), and I've seen only the highest level FINA or USA-Swimming championships conducted using the 30 min rule. I've NEVER seen a USMS-sanctioned event using this rule, due to the great differences in time between masters age groups. Many longer swims have cut-offs for event management and safety, but these cut-offs are usually reasonable and nowhere near the times of the leaders. As to your local team, fast teammates are a blessing! Learn from them without being jealous of them.

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Rob Copeland — Tue, 23 Oct 2018 08:20:21 GMT

I can relate to that. Sometimes we need to travel way outside our region to get to open water events.

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Former Member — Mon, 22 Oct 2018 12:14:12 GMT

The only 10k race in my region follow that FINA rule.

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Rob Copeland — Mon, 22 Oct 2018 12:02:05 GMT

My training group always share news of an extremely handsome guy who swim 10 km in 2 hours - I'm very jealous. I can only do about 5 km in 2 hours - even 3 hours for 10 km seem a very far away to be a realistic target. I feel discouraged reading such news...You may never get as fast as the guy in your training group (very few can swim a sub 2-hour 10K). But with effort you can improve. What you can also work on is being jealous and discouraged. Neither one of these is going to make you a better swimmer or a better person. As for FINA’s 30 minute rule, there are plenty of open water swims that don’t use this rule, so unless you are shooting for a FINA pro series event, I don’t see why you need to stress about this.

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67King — Mon, 22 Oct 2018 06:37:57 GMT

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Former Member — Sun, 21 Oct 2018 16:33:27 GMT

No,no, no! You must eat his heart. Jeez. No one here can ever agree on the optimal training regimen.

RE: The local people are making me jealous

Allen Stark — Sun, 21 Oct 2018 11:56:15 GMT

Obviously, you have to kill him. Eating his brain is optional, but probably recommended if you want to duplicate his times. No,no, no! You must eat his heart.

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__steve__ — Sun, 21 Oct 2018 08:40:35 GMT

Savages

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Former Member — Sun, 21 Oct 2018 06:37:07 GMT

Jeez. No one here can ever agree on the optimal training regimen. Heart for distance, brain for speed.

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Former Member — Sat, 20 Oct 2018 10:35:20 GMT

Are you sure it's not this guy: fr.web.img6.acsta.net/.../hellboy_p2.jpg

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Former Member — Sat, 20 Oct 2018 09:49:38 GMT

Obviously, you have to kill him. Eating his brain is optional, but probably recommended if you want to duplicate his times.

RE: The local people are making me jealous

orca1946 — Sat, 20 Oct 2018 07:04:05 GMT

Handsome and fast? Something seems wrong. I can be either depending if it is in season or 3 months out of season!