What can you guys tell me about this swim. 7.5 miles. I will be travelling about 7 hours so I don't have the luxury of going and checking it out. I will be doing all my training in a pool, which is unfortunate. the lakes won't get above 50 untill may. What kind of yardage should i be looking at? thanks all.
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How many people go into events like this w/ mostly pool training I wonder.
Typically, the ONLY open water swimming I get to do is in races. I don't find it a problem, however, although I think alot of that is just that I train in the pool to mimic open water as best I can. Being fairly laid back and not over-thinking the issue seems to help as well. When I did MIMS in 2006, the only open water I had that year was a 3 miler (The Potomac River substitute swim that Julie mentioned) and a 2 mile race that I did as a goof-off. Didn't seem to affect me at all - at least for the 20 miles I did make before a non-swimming health issue forced me to drop out.
-LBJ
How many people go into events like this w/ mostly pool training I wonder.
Typically, the ONLY open water swimming I get to do is in races. I don't find it a problem, however, although I think alot of that is just that I train in the pool to mimic open water as best I can. Being fairly laid back and not over-thinking the issue seems to help as well. When I did MIMS in 2006, the only open water I had that year was a 3 miler (The Potomac River substitute swim that Julie mentioned) and a 2 mile race that I did as a goof-off. Didn't seem to affect me at all - at least for the 20 miles I did make before a non-swimming health issue forced me to drop out.
-LBJ
