I'm signed up for the Swim Across America event at Nantasket Beach, MA next week. For those not familiar, it's a 1-mile OWS to raise money for cancer victims. Since I lost my mom to cancer last year, I'm excited to use my one athletic talent (swimming) to raise money for this worthy cause.
So I went swimming in the ocean with others from my master's swim group this weekend. It wasn't what I hoped. :(
I hated the taste of salt water in my mouth. I just spent the whole time wishing I could drink some water to get that nasty salty taste out of my mouth. I hated that when I turned to breathe, a wave would often smack me in the face. I hated feeling like I was swimming as hard as I could but I was going nowhere (not true, I know, but that's how it seemed). It didn't help that I was with two very nice but very good swimmers who had to wait for me to catch up every few minutes.
Don't get me wrong - I'm still doing the SAA event next week. But I'm wondering if, after this event, I should keep trying to swim in the ocean in the hopes that I'll get used to it, or should I just accept that I'm more of a freshwater kind of gal?
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Interesting. I've done numerous triathlons over the last 5 years with ocean swims of distances from 1500 M to 1.2 miles, followed by either Gatorade or my Infinit custom mix (which has a good amount of sodium) on the bike and run, and never had ill effects, nor have I read this viewpoint on any other triathlon based web board. In fact, the sodium mix is an integral part of my nutrition planning.
Maybe I just don't swallow enough salt water to have any effect.
Congrats David!!!!! I heard the last mile was tough
Interesting. I've done numerous triathlons over the last 5 years with ocean swims of distances from 1500 M to 1.2 miles, followed by either Gatorade or my Infinit custom mix (which has a good amount of sodium) on the bike and run, and never had ill effects, nor have I read this viewpoint on any other triathlon based web board. In fact, the sodium mix is an integral part of my nutrition planning.
Maybe I just don't swallow enough salt water to have any effect.
Congrats David!!!!! I heard the last mile was tough
