I am a first year swimmer (Of the older kind) and I have committed myself to a 1 mile open water swim on July 20th.
My pool workouts have gone up to 3500 yards so the distance itself is not the big deal. The problem is that I get nervous when I am in open water for no particular reason. (Actually, I am fine if I wear a snorkel, but I need to get weaned off of that.)
I am looking for a kind and gentle soul to swim (or paddle) with me to the quarter-mile buoy and back. I am swimming about a 36 minute mile. (That shouldn't exclude many people!) I need to get used to the sensation of being out there, and I need to learn the basics of staying on course, and other errata.
Any help or suggestions will be eternally apprciated,
thanks,
Parents
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Thanks for the input people. I swam at the cove today, the water was perfect. I was still too chicken to get to the buoy, but the swam halfway there and back repeatedly. Some random observations:
I forgot how buoyant the ocean was. I had recently learned to breath both ways. I still struggle to do this smoothly in the pool; In the ocean it was no problem.
For some reason, I felt more secure doing breastroke than freestyle. I did not fight this, since this was a recovery day from a big day freestyling yesterday. Maybe I am not so confident in my navigational abilities. With the breastroke, it was moot.
How does one keep goggles from fogging up? IN the pool no big deal. After 10 min, I could no longer see the buoy at all.
Oh well, Thanks for the encouragement, I will be back there on Sunday.
Thanks for the input people. I swam at the cove today, the water was perfect. I was still too chicken to get to the buoy, but the swam halfway there and back repeatedly. Some random observations:
I forgot how buoyant the ocean was. I had recently learned to breath both ways. I still struggle to do this smoothly in the pool; In the ocean it was no problem.
For some reason, I felt more secure doing breastroke than freestyle. I did not fight this, since this was a recovery day from a big day freestyling yesterday. Maybe I am not so confident in my navigational abilities. With the breastroke, it was moot.
How does one keep goggles from fogging up? IN the pool no big deal. After 10 min, I could no longer see the buoy at all.
Oh well, Thanks for the encouragement, I will be back there on Sunday.
