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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I swim some open water, and have found that I like them, but find my times to be slower...mostly due to problems with other swimmers in the way, gettting boxed in, etc. I however do not miss the turns as I do open turns and therefore get no advantange by them, if you are a good turn person might make you slower.....sighting is not a problem as I always have plenty of people to follow :). The drafting issue is interesting, what is the best position to be in to draft?
I swim some open water, and have found that I like them, but find my times to be slower...mostly due to problems with other swimmers in the way, gettting boxed in, etc. I however do not miss the turns as I do open turns and therefore get no advantange by them, if you are a good turn person might make you slower.....sighting is not a problem as I always have plenty of people to follow :). The drafting issue is interesting, what is the best position to be in to draft?
