At 37, I have been swimming since I was a kid (15 years of that were coached and competitive). I don't compete now, but I swim a couple of times a week and do 1.5 miles each time (in a short course pool, borrring), no rests.
Bottom line: I feel like I'm a pretty good swimmer. All these dolorous short course laps have made me interested in trying some open water... but I have NO idea what to expect.
Anybody have advice for a swimmer of my quality making the jump to some open water? I'm in Minnesota, so (I assume) our water won't be swim-worthy until about July.
Thanks!
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first - you ought to be able to do it easily.
some persons and swimmers simply don't like the idea / concept of being in the open water. I refer to 'persons' and 'swimmers' because I have spent a lot of time on lakes and oceans with both 'persons' and swimmers'
...jumping into the Gulf of Mexico 30 miles from shore for a swim and a piss is something some 'persons' and 'swimmers' might not like the idea of...
I have swam about 75 open water events and more often than not water temperatures are 10 - 15 degrees cooler than pool swimming.
I have a theory that temperature is on some sort of log scale - 65 F is cooler than 68 F but 62 F is much, much cooler than 65 F - that 3 F is not equal!
persons and swimmers become fairly dependent on pool visibility, depths, temperatures and lane lines.
I wouldn't be surprised if you had some success in open water events - you might learn to like it very quickly.
good luck
first - you ought to be able to do it easily.
some persons and swimmers simply don't like the idea / concept of being in the open water. I refer to 'persons' and 'swimmers' because I have spent a lot of time on lakes and oceans with both 'persons' and swimmers'
...jumping into the Gulf of Mexico 30 miles from shore for a swim and a piss is something some 'persons' and 'swimmers' might not like the idea of...
I have swam about 75 open water events and more often than not water temperatures are 10 - 15 degrees cooler than pool swimming.
I have a theory that temperature is on some sort of log scale - 65 F is cooler than 68 F but 62 F is much, much cooler than 65 F - that 3 F is not equal!
persons and swimmers become fairly dependent on pool visibility, depths, temperatures and lane lines.
I wouldn't be surprised if you had some success in open water events - you might learn to like it very quickly.
good luck
