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).
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.
I think it is definitely harder if you have not been doing meters (those first 2 weeks each summer in a long course pool feel like a lake swim).
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.
I think it is definitely harder if you have not been doing meters (those first 2 weeks each summer in a long course pool feel like a lake swim).
