I'm thinking of participating in an open water relay event simply for the fun of it.
Those of you that "do" open water in addition to pool swimming, can you predict in any meaningful way the difference in speed?
I realize the water conditions make a huge difference. I'm talking about a relatively calm freshwater lake.
If I can swim 1000 yds in 15 minutes in a pool, how fast might I swim that same distance in a lake?
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Lots of things as mentioned above such as tides, currents that can increase speed. Floating or swimming in a tide you can move along at a surprising speed! Thats if its going your way. Overall your dealing with chop, tides, sighting, no resting nothing under your feet, hopefully no jellys (salt water swims)and generally speaking much greater distances then races in pools so you have to relax and swim at your pace..which can be slower or faster depending on you.
Lots of things as mentioned above such as tides, currents that can increase speed. Floating or swimming in a tide you can move along at a surprising speed! Thats if its going your way. Overall your dealing with chop, tides, sighting, no resting nothing under your feet, hopefully no jellys (salt water swims)and generally speaking much greater distances then races in pools so you have to relax and swim at your pace..which can be slower or faster depending on you.
