For me, it's now going on four weeks since my last swim. We were in Turks and Caicos March 7-14 for spring break where I was doing daily open-water swims along the beach. My last swim was a 3-miler on March 13. When we got back to the U.S., we had to go into mandated 14-day quarantine so I wasn't able to get out to go to the pool before they all closed. Who knows when I'll swim again...either open-water warming up (I live in RI), or pools opening again. I am maintaining fitness with bike rides, and a run here and there. And I know I there is other 'dry land' training I could be doing. But my concern when returning to the water is injuring myself because of doing TMTS. I'm just that kind of athlete. Raise you're hand if you think you're a candidate for a TMTS injury too.
Dan
Appreciate the Garmin recommendations, but:
a) I am a luddite.
b) I hate the feeling of anything on my wrist as I swim.
Another option is to just use your phone for tracking. I bought a swim buoy for use during OW swims and the nice thing about it is it includes a dry bag to stash things like your keys in during your swim. I put my phone in a waterproof case for extra protection, start the Strava app before starting my swim, stash the phone in the dry bag and then start swimming. I find it tracks very well from inside the buoy since it's floating on top of the water.
Appreciate the Garmin recommendations, but:
a) I am a luddite.
b) I hate the feeling of anything on my wrist as I swim.
Another option is to just use your phone for tracking. I bought a swim buoy for use during OW swims and the nice thing about it is it includes a dry bag to stash things like your keys in during your swim. I put my phone in a waterproof case for extra protection, start the Strava app before starting my swim, stash the phone in the dry bag and then start swimming. I find it tracks very well from inside the buoy since it's floating on top of the water.
