After about 8 years of not doing any open water swims, I found out that I'm going to be on Oahu (housesitting, no less) at the time of the Waikiki swim (2.4 miles) , so I'd like to take part.
I did a 1 1/2 mile swim over the weekend and found myself drifting first to one side then the other. In other words, I probably swam an extra 1/2 mile that I didn't need to.
I swim with a Master's swim team, competed at Nationals in Tempe so I'm in relatively good shape -- for pool swimming. But I've forgotten everything I ever learned about open water swimming.
Any suggestions about training, technique or the Waikiki swim would be helpful....thanks in advance.
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Perhaps yesterday's article in The Honolulu Advertiser: "Swimmers: Avoid trouble by studying currents" by Michael Tsai should be of some value to future open ocean swimmers:
the.honoluluadvertiser.com/.../il01a.html
If this link doesn't work, just go to the Honolulu Advertiser back editions of Sep 15, go to the "Island Life Section" and click the article. Check-out the Graphics too: "Ocean Swimming: be prepared. Maybe more swimmers might have finished if they had heeded some of this info? clyde
Perhaps yesterday's article in The Honolulu Advertiser: "Swimmers: Avoid trouble by studying currents" by Michael Tsai should be of some value to future open ocean swimmers:
the.honoluluadvertiser.com/.../il01a.html
If this link doesn't work, just go to the Honolulu Advertiser back editions of Sep 15, go to the "Island Life Section" and click the article. Check-out the Graphics too: "Ocean Swimming: be prepared. Maybe more swimmers might have finished if they had heeded some of this info? clyde
