Hello All...
My name is Elizabeth and I have a quick question. I used to be a swimmer but haven't since high school because I do not do well with competing for time.
But I love the distance... so my question is this....
Is there long distance swimming that is more based on endurance than on time... if so, what is this called? Is this a professional event thing, or is there ameteur... What's the longest distance out there... etc. etc.
Thanks, I appreciate any comments.
As for planning our trips, my family loves to go to Elk Lake because we camp for the weekend, they reserve the group campsite at a nearby campground for swimmers so we all tent camp there. The open water swims are on the Oregon Masters calendar just like the pool swims, with entry forms available right off the website just like anything else.
Elk Lake offers several different length swims, last year it was 500m, 1000m 1500m 3K and 5K, you could swim any or all of them.
Here is an addy for some pictures from last years swim, its off the Central Oregon Masters website and gives you an idea of how lovely it is. Its always the last weekend in July so its hot! The mountain is the South Sister and you can also see Middle Sister and Mt. Bachelor from the lake while you are swimming:www.comaswim.org/.../index.html
As for planning our trips, my family loves to go to Elk Lake because we camp for the weekend, they reserve the group campsite at a nearby campground for swimmers so we all tent camp there. The open water swims are on the Oregon Masters calendar just like the pool swims, with entry forms available right off the website just like anything else.
Elk Lake offers several different length swims, last year it was 500m, 1000m 1500m 3K and 5K, you could swim any or all of them.
Here is an addy for some pictures from last years swim, its off the Central Oregon Masters website and gives you an idea of how lovely it is. Its always the last weekend in July so its hot! The mountain is the South Sister and you can also see Middle Sister and Mt. Bachelor from the lake while you are swimming:www.comaswim.org/.../index.html
