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
A note about current. My first swim, current was very strong. Only made it about 500 yards. Took 40 minutes. But under 8 minutes back (I"m going off of memory). That averages 4:48 per 100. Thursday, average current. Don't know what it was there and back, as I just swam around a bridge. But average was 1:36/100. FWIW, at those distances, I average about 1:22/100 in the pool.
If you are swimming in the Tennessee River through Knoxville, yes there can be quite a bit of current. I did the Bridges to Bluffs swim last year. We started a little north of town (we rode the Star of Knoxville ship and you 'walk the plank' to begin) and finished at Tennessee River Gardens, downstream a ways. My paddler had me going near the middle of the river quite a bit so I could take advantage of the current (she seemed like a semi-pro, had a really nice long boat).
The current did die down quite a bit toward the end; the last 1.5 to 2 miles everyone said the current was minimal.
That was my 4th 10k swim; I had done one about a month before in Michigan with a finish time around 3:16. This one was about 2:57.
I notice current when I swim in the lakes/river here too. It might just be a subtle difference that I feel in the water, but I really notice it when I look at my watch results after (I've been uploading my Apple Watch to Strava for the past 2-3 months).
A note about current. My first swim, current was very strong. Only made it about 500 yards. Took 40 minutes. But under 8 minutes back (I"m going off of memory). That averages 4:48 per 100. Thursday, average current. Don't know what it was there and back, as I just swam around a bridge. But average was 1:36/100. FWIW, at those distances, I average about 1:22/100 in the pool.
If you are swimming in the Tennessee River through Knoxville, yes there can be quite a bit of current. I did the Bridges to Bluffs swim last year. We started a little north of town (we rode the Star of Knoxville ship and you 'walk the plank' to begin) and finished at Tennessee River Gardens, downstream a ways. My paddler had me going near the middle of the river quite a bit so I could take advantage of the current (she seemed like a semi-pro, had a really nice long boat).
The current did die down quite a bit toward the end; the last 1.5 to 2 miles everyone said the current was minimal.
That was my 4th 10k swim; I had done one about a month before in Michigan with a finish time around 3:16. This one was about 2:57.
I notice current when I swim in the lakes/river here too. It might just be a subtle difference that I feel in the water, but I really notice it when I look at my watch results after (I've been uploading my Apple Watch to Strava for the past 2-3 months).
