Drafting

They were obviously drafting me! I knew they were there right in my draft spot where I could feel them and see them, so I picked up my pace and held that pace for about 200 to 300 yards. They were still there so I had a very good idea what was going on so I changed directions and swam 40 degrees to my right toward the outside of the coarse. They were both still there and dogging me. I then picked up the pace to try and simply lose them and they were still there after another 200/300 (even when I changed directions from left to right). Finally, after 2 to 3 K I slowed down and stopped, and guess what, both of them stopped as well. I told them to STOP drafting me. I could tell by the look on their faces that they knew exactly what they were doing. One swam out to the left of the course while the other kept right up on me. I simply slowed down real fast to let him up next to me and I swam over him. He continued to draft me so I slowed again and swam over him again. He got the hint and moved over to the right side and swam his own race for awhile and then he found some really powerful woman off shore swimmer to draft. She sat the guy straight by yelling at him to get off her back side. Both of these guys had a plan. Before the race I got asked by both what I thought my time would be (and I told both what I thought I could swim the 5K in). They had it in their mind to do exactly what they were doing and that was; have me pull their sorry backsides along the race course. Not going to happen….

They were obviously drafting me! I knew they were there right in my draft spot where I could feel them and see them, so I picked up my pace and held that pace for about 200 to 300 yards. They were still there so I had a very good idea what was going on so I changed directions and swam 40 degrees to my right toward the outside of the coarse. They were both still there and dogging me. I then picked up the pace to try and simply lose them and they were still there after another 200/300 (even when I changed directions from left to right). Finally, after 2 to 3 K I slowed down and stopped, and guess what, both of them stopped as well. I told them to STOP drafting me. I could tell by the look on their faces that they knew exactly what they were doing. One swam out to the left of the course while the other kept right up on me. I simply slowed down real fast to let him up next to me and I swam over him. He continued to draft me so I slowed again and swam over him again. He got the hint and moved over to the right side and swam his own race for awhile and then he found some really powerful woman off shore swimmer to draft. She sat the guy straight by yelling at him to get off her back side. Both of these guys had a plan. Before the race I got asked by both what I thought my time would be (and I told both what I thought I could swim the 5K in). They had it in their mind to do exactly what they were doing and that was; have me pull their sorry backsides along the race course. Not going to happen….