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 swam in the open water a number of times before my first swim/race of 10 K. I will tell you I never hurt so bad in my life after swimming that 10 K. My shoulders ached, my back ached and I was beat. I feel asleep in the car a mile from exiting the water, lucky I was not driving. A year later I was successful in swimming from Catalina Island to the California Coast. This was a distance of 21 miles. It hurt, but not as bad as that first 10 K in Horsetooth Res, outside of Fort Collins, CO in 2004.
My dream is to do both those swims!!
I swam in the open water a number of times before my first swim/race of 10 K. I will tell you I never hurt so bad in my life after swimming that 10 K. My shoulders ached, my back ached and I was beat. I feel asleep in the car a mile from exiting the water, lucky I was not driving. A year later I was successful in swimming from Catalina Island to the California Coast. This was a distance of 21 miles. It hurt, but not as bad as that first 10 K in Horsetooth Res, outside of Fort Collins, CO in 2004.
My dream is to do both those swims!!
