My wife and I did our first triathlon(sprint distance) yesterday. I gotta say, I am addicted. However, I freaked out a bit in my first open water swim(500 yds). I was able to calm myself down each time I became nervous but to be completely honest, the swim SUCKED! Ive always been a decent swimmer in the pool and found out saturday how different ow is. Only similarity was that I was wet on both occasions. I completely abandoned my pool technique and for all intensive purposes I dog paddled 500 yds. When I did freestyle, I swam with my head out of the water the whole time. Have any of you accomplished swimmers experienced this? I got nervous and let it ruin my swim. I found a new love in competing and would like to work up to an olympic/half ironman distance, but ive got to get past this unknown fear. Will this come with time and more ow training? Thank you guys a ton for any response.
Wes
Wes,
If you are in the Atlanta area, come get some open water practices in up at Red Top Mountain (Lake Alatoona). There is an organized group that does Sat am swims there twice a month, all ability levels. Next swim is this Sat, 8:30 am.
-Heidi
Wes,
If you are in the Atlanta area, come get some open water practices in up at Red Top Mountain (Lake Alatoona). There is an organized group that does Sat am swims there twice a month, all ability levels. Next swim is this Sat, 8:30 am.
-Heidi
