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.
:)
You guys are a lot tougher than me!!!! I'd be proud if I finished that swim. I bagged it after 25 or 30 strokes, a serious sissy!! I will be ready next year for whatever the weather throws our way!!!
Come on up for some cold lake swims in advance. That will also take off a bit of the pressure and mystique of B Shoulders.
Words like "tough" and "sissy" don't apply if there is no chance to acclimate even a little to swimming in colder, rougher water. You made the right choice to leave the water. I wouldn't second-guess, compare, or feel bad about the decision.
'K?
:)
You guys are a lot tougher than me!!!! I'd be proud if I finished that swim. I bagged it after 25 or 30 strokes, a serious sissy!! I will be ready next year for whatever the weather throws our way!!!
Come on up for some cold lake swims in advance. That will also take off a bit of the pressure and mystique of B Shoulders.
Words like "tough" and "sissy" don't apply if there is no chance to acclimate even a little to swimming in colder, rougher water. You made the right choice to leave the water. I wouldn't second-guess, compare, or feel bad about the decision.
'K?
:)
