Maybe this should go in OW, but I'm curious to know how times compare pool to open water, if anyone can help.
I realise that weather conditions play a part, but lets assume that the lake is nice and flat and around 76F and I'm not wearing a wetsuit.
If I managed 23.50 for 1500SCM what can I realistically expect as a time for 2 laps of a 750m lake course?
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Thanks guys - I don't need to enter a time, just interested in what I could realistically excpect to finish in. I'd got maybe 25 mins in mind, which after reading you replies looks like it is entirely possible. (That 23.50 was after 2 weeks out of the water, just me on my own plodding up & down, not race conditions.) However I do realise that OW is a completely different animal than the pool, so we'll see.
I think the biggest challenge is going to be getting over the "eww its a lake" fear. But it is a small sheltered lake and hopefully a small race.
Heck - I'll just be chuffed to have swum my first OW!
Thanks guys - I don't need to enter a time, just interested in what I could realistically excpect to finish in. I'd got maybe 25 mins in mind, which after reading you replies looks like it is entirely possible. (That 23.50 was after 2 weeks out of the water, just me on my own plodding up & down, not race conditions.) However I do realise that OW is a completely different animal than the pool, so we'll see.
I think the biggest challenge is going to be getting over the "eww its a lake" fear. But it is a small sheltered lake and hopefully a small race.
Heck - I'll just be chuffed to have swum my first OW!
