So with the increasing popularity of OW swimming, how long til we see OW events offered at pool meets? Probably a planning nightmare, I'm sure, but I'm hoping to see more OW choices out there.
What say you?
I swam the "open water" at the Indy meet this summer. The 50 meter pool was set up with no lanes, just bouys at each corner. As I am not at all competitive, hard to say those that are how they liked it, but I found it to be much fun, and would like to do it again. Not knowing how to pace myself, as I must or be prepared to be the first person ever needing rescued at a swim meet, I was conservative at the start (thats my story and am sticking with it) but really like the last couple of laps when I picked up the pace. Not the same as an open water, but much different than a regular meet.
Wow...that sounds interesting, like those POW training sessions I read about. So how many laps was the race? How many other swimmers in the pool with you? I would have loved to see that.
We swam 16 laps, it was promoted as 3000 meters, but my time of 44 minutes means it was shorter than that (I am a 30 minute miler) but long enough for me. There were about 16 swimmers, and I know for a fact that on lap 11 I looked up and a number of the participants were walking to the locker room. :) I believe if you go to the Indy Swim Fit website there are some photos there of the course.
So with the increasing popularity of OW swimming, how long til we see OW events offered at pool meets? Probably a planning nightmare, I'm sure, but I'm hoping to see more OW choices out there.
What say you?
They did do an OW simulation at the Indy Pool @ the Firecracker Invitational this summer. I heard it was a good time, I had to leave before the end so I did not see it.
I swam the "open water" at the Indy meet this summer. The 50 meter pool was set up with no lanes, just bouys at each corner. As I am not at all competitive, hard to say those that are how they liked it, but I found it to be much fun, and would like to do it again. Not knowing how to pace myself, as I must or be prepared to be the first person ever needing rescued at a swim meet, I was conservative at the start (thats my story and am sticking with it) but really like the last couple of laps when I picked up the pace. Not the same as an open water, but much different than a regular meet.
