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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i chased a buoy once in an out-and-back 5-mile swim in Texas... after marking the buoy for a fair distance and swimming toward the buoy, I changed my tack and headed to intercept the buoy. Wind-action on the buoy was dragging the anchor along the bottom.
after completing the swim in approximately 3 hours, I just laughed at the moment... it would be a lot less amusing to have similar circumstances in San Francisco Bay.
I've got to laugh at that one. Sorry. Points well taken.
The worst I ever had was swimming a down and back where the current on the return leg was like walking on a moving sidewalk - the wrong way. The people who weren't fast enough could not make any headway and just swam to shore and walked back.
i chased a buoy once in an out-and-back 5-mile swim in Texas... after marking the buoy for a fair distance and swimming toward the buoy, I changed my tack and headed to intercept the buoy. Wind-action on the buoy was dragging the anchor along the bottom.
after completing the swim in approximately 3 hours, I just laughed at the moment... it would be a lot less amusing to have similar circumstances in San Francisco Bay.
I've got to laugh at that one. Sorry. Points well taken.
The worst I ever had was swimming a down and back where the current on the return leg was like walking on a moving sidewalk - the wrong way. The people who weren't fast enough could not make any headway and just swam to shore and walked back.
