I am hoping to do my first open water swim this summer, its a one mile swim. I was looking at the past results of the event online and I am confused by some of the times. The winning time was 15:30, that is moving pretty good. However there was a 67 year old man who finished it in just over 20 minutes (kudos to him). And 75% of the people who swam it did it under 25 minutes and this includes a lot of 50-60 year olds. Is it possible the course really isnt a mile? Or do I need to ramp up my training?
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The variables in Open Water swimming can be great. A good example is the Waikiki Rough water swim. I believe it's been the same start/finish for a couple of decades, it's a 2.4 mile race that attracts some of the best OW swimmers in the World that in a controlled setting would all be very close to each other. Last year 2009, the overall winning time was just above 42 minutes in 2003 the winning time was 1:04 minutes plus. A difference of 22 minutes. Can you say currents? Which of course is what makes it fun.
see link to results
www.waikikiroughwaterswim.com/race.html
The variables in Open Water swimming can be great. A good example is the Waikiki Rough water swim. I believe it's been the same start/finish for a couple of decades, it's a 2.4 mile race that attracts some of the best OW swimmers in the World that in a controlled setting would all be very close to each other. Last year 2009, the overall winning time was just above 42 minutes in 2003 the winning time was 1:04 minutes plus. A difference of 22 minutes. Can you say currents? Which of course is what makes it fun.
see link to results
www.waikikiroughwaterswim.com/race.html
