I did the one hour of pain today. Ouch! I am the seventh child and this was my 7th one hour. It is my humble opinion that there are only two ways for men to get a "taste" of childbirth: kidney stones and the one hour postal swim. Thanks mom!:wine: (don't worry mom; it's only sparkling cider).
My legs are so crying by the end (even with dragging them) that I'm not sure whether the turns are an advantage or not by the end.
I hear ya. I'm actually thinking it might not be bad. I never have problems with a 5K open water and there are NO turns in that, but the one hour postal kills me!
Here's the thing, though. To go 5,000 yards you need to hold a 1:12 pace per 100 yards. To go 4,572 meters (conversion from yds) you need to hold just under a 1:19 pace per 100 meters. I don't know, that seems harder to me.
My legs are so crying by the end (even with dragging them) that I'm not sure whether the turns are an advantage or not by the end.
I hear ya. I'm actually thinking it might not be bad. I never have problems with a 5K open water and there are NO turns in that, but the one hour postal kills me!
Here's the thing, though. To go 5,000 yards you need to hold a 1:12 pace per 100 yards. To go 4,572 meters (conversion from yds) you need to hold just under a 1:19 pace per 100 meters. I don't know, that seems harder to me.
