Hi all. I'm new here. However, I have met some of you. Sydne in particular should remember me; Pat from Mashpee.
I was just wondering how everyone else fared this weekend at Lake Champlain. I was the last actual finisher. Three or four behind me were pulled. Did anyone else find that course a bit long??? I was hoping to finish in 5:30. It took me 7 hours!!!!
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i did this swim 9 years ago without training for it. it was more than double the distance of any open water swim i had done, and the weather preceding the swim "turned" the lake over so the water was in the low 60's. i was cold from the start so didn't hydrate enough. by mile 5 i was starting to doze, and was swimming half the time with my eyes closed. i swam into my kayaker several times and the last mile took me over an hour. it was a hot day and when i crawled out of the water, i laid face down in the warm sand and immediately fell asleep.
i did this swim 9 years ago without training for it. it was more than double the distance of any open water swim i had done, and the weather preceding the swim "turned" the lake over so the water was in the low 60's. i was cold from the start so didn't hydrate enough. by mile 5 i was starting to doze, and was swimming half the time with my eyes closed. i swam into my kayaker several times and the last mile took me over an hour. it was a hot day and when i crawled out of the water, i laid face down in the warm sand and immediately fell asleep.
