Anyone doing the 2009 La Jolla Rough Water Swim
Several swimmers from my team are going
If so, you doing the 1 mile or 3?
Anyone ever do the rough water swim before?
Got any tips & suggestions?
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Ande
One of the swimmers on my team who's doing La Jolla this year, asked me about suits, here's what I wrote:
Hi Tom,
You asked me about suit to wear in the La Jolla Rough water Swim. I read at their rules on acceptable attire
the key verbiage in their rules is:
“LJRWS acceptable attire includes one or 2 swim suits (Standard Porous type)”
The Speedo PRO is porous, so it should be legal.
The blue seventy Nero comp is NOT porous so it’s probably illegal.
I recommend the Speedo PRO full body, but the Speedo legs are great too
When I consider cost vs. suit speed, the Speedo PRO is probably the best value out there
Hope this helps you get the right suit & have a great swim.
btw I’ve written about tech suits at:
Tip 201 Which Suit Suits you? More On Racing Suits
Tip 214 Even More On Racing Suits Even More On Racing Suits
As of Tue May 19th, 2009 FINAs approved Suit List
Ande,
We did this event in 2007! By we, I mean me, my sister Shirley, and my little girl who had just turned 7 yrs old. If you have kids that swim, this a great family event!!
I highly recommend you do this swim, especially the 1 mile!!
The 1 mile was certainly not too short - enough is enough after about 10 minutes. I totally "got it" and was ready for my "victory" run up the beach. But not too long either - I had to play chase with Claire in the hotel pool right after!
It seemed like you had to wait a long time for the 3 mile event, like 1PM or so. The 1 mile was great because it wasn't too early in the day, but not too late either, so you could actually eat lunch and enjoy the day. Flight wise was awesome. There are always cheap fares to San Diego, and you don't even have to miss work (fly out Fri or Sat, then come back Sun after the event!)
They give everyone a participant medal, and you get a BIG medal for 1st through 5th!
Strategy? Just try to pull as much of an Eddy Merck as you can. With no open water experience or training (or conditioning swimming at that time, my goof off years!), I saw no point in attempting an open water strategy. I just swam as hard and as fast as I could from the beach back to the beach, following the fastest girl as best I could.
Ande,
We did this event in 2007! By we, I mean me, my sister Shirley, and my little girl who had just turned 7 yrs old. If you have kids that swim, this a great family event!!
I highly recommend you do this swim, especially the 1 mile!!
The 1 mile was certainly not too short - enough is enough after about 10 minutes. I totally "got it" and was ready for my "victory" run up the beach. But not too long either - I had to play chase with Claire in the hotel pool right after!
It seemed like you had to wait a long time for the 3 mile event, like 1PM or so. The 1 mile was great because it wasn't too early in the day, but not too late either, so you could actually eat lunch and enjoy the day. Flight wise was awesome. There are always cheap fares to San Diego, and you don't even have to miss work (fly out Fri or Sat, then come back Sun after the event!)
They give everyone a participant medal, and you get a BIG medal for 1st through 5th!
Strategy? Just try to pull as much of an Eddy Merck as you can. With no open water experience or training (or conditioning swimming at that time, my goof off years!), I saw no point in attempting an open water strategy. I just swam as hard and as fast as I could from the beach back to the beach, following the fastest girl as best I could.
