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
Glad you connected with Blaik and have adjusted to open water swimming! I only swam the once there (for the B2B event), and just met Blaik briefly, but he is good friends with a few people I know so I figured he'd take care of you.
I'm sure he's trying to talk you into doing Bridges to Bluffs. I thought it was a good event, though a bit pricey. I'm not doing it this year, but am planning for Swim the Suck, if it goes forward.
Actually, I think he is letting the environment do the selling. He has a really, really good group of folks there, and has done a fantastic job of fostering an environment of great camaraderie. That alone makes me want to. I've managed to get pretty tight with a group of pretty hard core athletes, which is a pretty strong indicator of doing it, I think. Just really needed to see if I thought I had enough in me, and based on the first half, I'm feeling pretty good abotu my chances. But I have a lot to learn about preparation!
Glad you connected with Blaik and have adjusted to open water swimming! I only swam the once there (for the B2B event), and just met Blaik briefly, but he is good friends with a few people I know so I figured he'd take care of you.
I'm sure he's trying to talk you into doing Bridges to Bluffs. I thought it was a good event, though a bit pricey. I'm not doing it this year, but am planning for Swim the Suck, if it goes forward.
Actually, I think he is letting the environment do the selling. He has a really, really good group of folks there, and has done a fantastic job of fostering an environment of great camaraderie. That alone makes me want to. I've managed to get pretty tight with a group of pretty hard core athletes, which is a pretty strong indicator of doing it, I think. Just really needed to see if I thought I had enough in me, and based on the first half, I'm feeling pretty good abotu my chances. But I have a lot to learn about preparation!
