I was just curious about everyone's "first time". When/where did you take that first plunge into open water??
(I did a search to see if a thread like this had been done and came up empty.)
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I was ten competing at zones in the 200 Freestyle, the only event I made the cut in. My mom and I drove a couple of hours to Miami, Ohio, for the meet and stayed the entire weekend. Because I had the cut in thd 200 I was eligible for the 1/2 mile open water swim. Although I finished close to the bottom of 200 or so swimmers in the 200, I was 5th in the Open Water. I started competing in open water once a year after that, and after my recent graduation from college I became all OW all the time. This time of year really gets me down (Indianapolis=cold winter) and I am counting the days until March when the water reaches 50 degrees again.
Read about my upcoming season at mallorymead.com.
I was ten competing at zones in the 200 Freestyle, the only event I made the cut in. My mom and I drove a couple of hours to Miami, Ohio, for the meet and stayed the entire weekend. Because I had the cut in thd 200 I was eligible for the 1/2 mile open water swim. Although I finished close to the bottom of 200 or so swimmers in the 200, I was 5th in the Open Water. I started competing in open water once a year after that, and after my recent graduation from college I became all OW all the time. This time of year really gets me down (Indianapolis=cold winter) and I am counting the days until March when the water reaches 50 degrees again.
Read about my upcoming season at mallorymead.com.
