Did my first ever OWS this evening. Very enjoyable. I've swum in pools all my life, but never went more than a few yards in a lake. So I joined a local Tri club and went to their Tuesday night practice, a 1/2 mile loop around a small, quiet lake. There are no motor boats allowed. I'd say it's a little bit tougher than pool swimming.
It was different. I'm not accustomed to a hundred other arms and legs flailing around me, and I probably went a tad faster than I should have. I may have gotten just a bit carried away with the mass start. In the beginning, it was very muddy and weedy but once away from shore it was OK. There was only a tiny chop from wind, but more from other swimmers, and I had to keep looking forward to stay in line with the buoys. After a couple hundred yards though, I was pretty much alone and on cruise control.
Drunk boaters are the worst...
There are a few small lakes hereabouts that prohibit motor boats. This is one of them. Others are in State Parks. Decades ago, they had gotten so polluted that they became unswimmable and unfishable, so the towns passed ordinances banning engines on the worst ones. Magically, they cleaned up.
Drunk boaters are the worst...
There are a few small lakes hereabouts that prohibit motor boats. This is one of them. Others are in State Parks. Decades ago, they had gotten so polluted that they became unswimmable and unfishable, so the towns passed ordinances banning engines on the worst ones. Magically, they cleaned up.
