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Workouts, tips, tricks for Waikiki rough water swim?

olegmeister
over 2 years ago

Just like it says...

I'm swimming this race for the first time and I'm looking for some advice. Can I ask:

1. How did you train?

2. What worked for you?

3. What do you wish you hadn't done / didn't happen in your previous swim?

Thanks yall!

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  • over 2 years ago
    I haven’t done the Waikiki swim, but I have done a few very ‘rough’ open water swims of this distance, and longer.  As such, I don’t really know what they mean when they say “rough” in the name of this event. You didn’t specifically mention it in your OP, but if you’re not accustom to swimming in rough water…and if this swim does happen to be known for having rough swimming conditions…I would suggest you start getting into some rougher water. As you’re well aware, even small chop in the water conditions can make navigation/sighting difficult. In my rougher swims, I had a kayak escort who was able to guide me to buoys. And thankfully so because they were small fields where swimmers got spread out over hundreds of yards from one another. According to the FAQs for the Waikiki swim, apparently you’ll be in a starting group of 150-200 swimmers, with kayaks and surfboards ‘guiding’ you to the buoys. So, you’ll be able to rely on them (and other swimmers) to a great extent. Anyway, since you’re apparently an experienced open water swimmer…I think just adding a rough water element to your training would be sufficient…especially in what would be the second half of your training swims. Good luck.
     
    Dan
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  • over 2 years ago
    I haven’t done the Waikiki swim, but I have done a few very ‘rough’ open water swims of this distance, and longer.  As such, I don’t really know what they mean when they say “rough” in the name of this event. You didn’t specifically mention it in your OP, but if you’re not accustom to swimming in rough water…and if this swim does happen to be known for having rough swimming conditions…I would suggest you start getting into some rougher water. As you’re well aware, even small chop in the water conditions can make navigation/sighting difficult. In my rougher swims, I had a kayak escort who was able to guide me to buoys. And thankfully so because they were small fields where swimmers got spread out over hundreds of yards from one another. According to the FAQs for the Waikiki swim, apparently you’ll be in a starting group of 150-200 swimmers, with kayaks and surfboards ‘guiding’ you to the buoys. So, you’ll be able to rely on them (and other swimmers) to a great extent. Anyway, since you’re apparently an experienced open water swimmer…I think just adding a rough water element to your training would be sufficient…especially in what would be the second half of your training swims. Good luck.
     
    Dan
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