Tuesday night was my last open water session of the year, and I'll miss it terribly. In upstate NY, we don't have a very long summer, so from Labor day to Memorial Day we are forced to swim indoors. I swim with a Tri club at an Adirondack lake, and I made it every week this summer but one. In 13 weeks I dropped my time by 5 minutes over ~2Km. Now, starting Sep 11 it will be 9 months in an over-chlorinated 25yd pool, which would be drudgery except the master's team coach makes up sets that at least keep us thinking.
Yeah, same here. Though my last OWS is on Sep 15th. Also, this year, a guy in our masters team worked with a village close by to let us swim on the long island sound 3 days a week. Because I commute to the city for work, I don't have the time to swim there. I do see some time improvements, but I find that the water conditions are so different each year on the same course that I can't really do a proper comparison. I do know that I am gaining more confidence. I also got a swim watch with GPS, I see my zig zag path...definitely something I need to work on.
@Sumorunner, you should consider coming down to Westchester NY some time. We have the Swim Across America event. It's not a race, but sure is fun. You can choose 2k, 5k or go crazy and do a 10k.
Yeah, same here. Though my last OWS is on Sep 15th. Also, this year, a guy in our masters team worked with a village close by to let us swim on the long island sound 3 days a week. Because I commute to the city for work, I don't have the time to swim there. I do see some time improvements, but I find that the water conditions are so different each year on the same course that I can't really do a proper comparison. I do know that I am gaining more confidence. I also got a swim watch with GPS, I see my zig zag path...definitely something I need to work on.
@Sumorunner, you should consider coming down to Westchester NY some time. We have the Swim Across America event. It's not a race, but sure is fun. You can choose 2k, 5k or go crazy and do a 10k.
