Ok. So I've been a competitive swimmer my whole life. Love the pool but not CRAZY about swimming anywhere else.
I have done 1 OW swim YEARS ago in the ocean. But that was so long ago.
Doing the CB Swim for the very first time (1 miler).
Can you give me some tips? Just anything...I am in the dark when it comes to OW!:dunno:
THANKS!!!!
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I am not sure why, but every year my first or two swims, a fear takes over me. By the end of the season, I love OW and get mad at the wall when I have to swim in a pool again.
So to over come my fear I have:
Found someone that I really trusted as a person to practice with. (It helps that this person was around the same speed) And let them sight for you for at least the first 5 times you swim together. Then that fear is usually taken away.
Swam on my back until my breathe is caught, then swimming freestyle is not a problem.
Here is Montana sometimes the cold water can be shocking and to over come that obstacle is to wear a wool cap/hat under your bathing cap, and of course a wet suit.
And I did get a mailing for a pair of goggles with black lines down the middle of each lens to simulate the black lines of the bottom of the pool. (LOL) I wonder if you could make money on that?
Good Luck,
I am not sure why, but every year my first or two swims, a fear takes over me. By the end of the season, I love OW and get mad at the wall when I have to swim in a pool again.
So to over come my fear I have:
Found someone that I really trusted as a person to practice with. (It helps that this person was around the same speed) And let them sight for you for at least the first 5 times you swim together. Then that fear is usually taken away.
Swam on my back until my breathe is caught, then swimming freestyle is not a problem.
Here is Montana sometimes the cold water can be shocking and to over come that obstacle is to wear a wool cap/hat under your bathing cap, and of course a wet suit.
And I did get a mailing for a pair of goggles with black lines down the middle of each lens to simulate the black lines of the bottom of the pool. (LOL) I wonder if you could make money on that?
Good Luck,
