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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swimthegoodfight
Thanks for the kind words. Please encourage all your friends to visit bobswims. It is a multi-year effort, but I am trying to put a lot of effort into the fundraising part of it. I hope that as I go forward with the big swims the fundraising will gain some momentum. Every little donation helps.
Bob Bruce does a great job putting on the OW swims here in Oregon. Unfortunately I have not been able to squeeze in as many as I'd like. 2 years ago I returned to competing by way of triathlons. I began to realize while I loved training outdoors for triathlons, my favorite part of the race was the swim so I have been doing more OW racing (no interest in the pool).
swimthegoodfight
Thanks for the kind words. Please encourage all your friends to visit bobswims. It is a multi-year effort, but I am trying to put a lot of effort into the fundraising part of it. I hope that as I go forward with the big swims the fundraising will gain some momentum. Every little donation helps.
Bob Bruce does a great job putting on the OW swims here in Oregon. Unfortunately I have not been able to squeeze in as many as I'd like. 2 years ago I returned to competing by way of triathlons. I began to realize while I loved training outdoors for triathlons, my favorite part of the race was the swim so I have been doing more OW racing (no interest in the pool).
