I am training for a 5k ocean swim in North Florida and looking for advice.
I have a one mile ocean swim and some lake swimming experience. My pool training has been 3500-4300 yds., 3-4 days a week in the past few months. I am a strong swimmer but the distance worries me.
Wondering if I should go for it or race the one-mile again.
Any suggestions?
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Originally posted by swmbkrn
Good to know experienced open water swimmers (like yourself) still get the heebie geebies from ocean creature run-ins. I won't feel so crazy if I run into a fish and start sprinting again.
During the 2001 Swim for Life 5 miler (Chestertown, MD), I was swimming along merrily when something suddenly grabbed my right hand/wrist and wouldn't let go. The water was very murky and it turned out that it wasn't too deep and I had entangled my hand in an abandoned steel basket-type crab trap. It took me a few seconds to realize what happened and about 15 seconds to stop and get my hand out. My heart rate was at least 500 and I wish that Olympic team qualifying for the 100 meters had been right after that. Of course, I had zero adrenalin after 100 meters or so and crashed and burned horribly.
You'll be fine.
-LBJ
Originally posted by swmbkrn
Good to know experienced open water swimmers (like yourself) still get the heebie geebies from ocean creature run-ins. I won't feel so crazy if I run into a fish and start sprinting again.
During the 2001 Swim for Life 5 miler (Chestertown, MD), I was swimming along merrily when something suddenly grabbed my right hand/wrist and wouldn't let go. The water was very murky and it turned out that it wasn't too deep and I had entangled my hand in an abandoned steel basket-type crab trap. It took me a few seconds to realize what happened and about 15 seconds to stop and get my hand out. My heart rate was at least 500 and I wish that Olympic team qualifying for the 100 meters had been right after that. Of course, I had zero adrenalin after 100 meters or so and crashed and burned horribly.
You'll be fine.
-LBJ
