5 weeks to go to the 20th Annual Chicago Masters' Big Shoulders Open Water 2.5k and 5k swim.
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway of Swimming! But without the flags!
www.bigshoulders.org
This swim is also part of the USMS H2Open Series and the Great Lakes GLOWS series, all compelling reasons to attend the church of the 5k butterfly.
For those unfamiliar with the venue, swimming can be done at Ohio Street Beach any day (short of bacterial counts high enough to close the beach), so a trial swim along the seawall in the days preceding the meet is easily done.
Lake Michigan temp has been much warmer this summer. We don't need woollen leggings and ski caps after a 6 a.m. swim.
:)
Not cold, not sick, just slow, so finish the race!
The Ghost Barge from the Bermuda Triangle that parked itself on the 2nd leg of the course was a little disturbing. Annoying actually.
My pep talk came after the second buoy the first time. I realized that not only was I going to survive and finish, but that I wasn't even very cold. I realized I had wasted so much time belly-aching and swimming slowly that a decent time was impossible. I will definitely know better next time I face such conditions.:)
Not cold, not sick, just slow, so finish the race!
The Ghost Barge from the Bermuda Triangle that parked itself on the 2nd leg of the course was a little disturbing. Annoying actually.
My pep talk came after the second buoy the first time. I realized that not only was I going to survive and finish, but that I wasn't even very cold. I realized I had wasted so much time belly-aching and swimming slowly that a decent time was impossible. I will definitely know better next time I face such conditions.:)
