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Open Water Swimming

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Bintmcskint Jun 2011 9:32am, 3 Jun 2011 3,752 posts	Quote Pin Bintmcskint Have just had the email HoD. Oh well, looks like the arse slapping will have to wait I have my swim for tri course starting Monday so will hopefully build confidence there. And thanks for putting me in touch with Wazelle - turns out she lives half a mile from me!
Just Matt Jun 2011 12:35pm, 3 Jun 2011 867 posts	Quote Pin Just Matt Nice swim last night at Boundary park. It was lovely and warm in places too. I did the short course to start, popping back from time to time to check on OH. Then turned it into the full course, followed by short (1150m) then I saw the OH by tge buoy on the short course so thought I'd catch her up and see how she was. After a full lap of the short it turns out it wasn't her at all. About 1750m in total. Lots nicer than a pool and my crawl is getting better. (I think)
ColW Jun 2011 9:30pm, 5 Jun 2011 146 posts	Quote Pin ColW Did Crosby Marina yesterday, which was also warm in places. Best conditions we've had down there yet and IMO would have been a waste not to have swum the full hour (well almost as i was a couple of minutes late arriving). Five laps of about 600m+ i reacon, so decent distance and hoping it'll be calmish again tommorrow night. One thing about the place is it trains you to sight regularly, as due to the nature of the place being a watersports centre, your eyeline is a bit busy with all sorts and the banks are kind of busy too, so you have to focus properly. Still veering off slightly when i don't though, which must be a stroke thing, so still toying with the stroke too. I did loads of pool swimming this winter and spring and got times down really well, but i'm not convinced it's paying off on the open water yet. Does anyone else find that the optimum stroke for the pool is not neccessarily the optimum stroke in a wetsuit? I didn't think about this last year because my pool swimming was in its early stages and my open water swimming was significantly better. However, now my pool swimming has advanced due to pressing down more on my chest, I just find that the requirement to lean forward more on my chest in open water is reduced due to the bouyancy in the legs of my wetsuit. I've also noticed, or it seems so anyway, that i don't need to catch so deep. It feels like a shallower but slightly quicker catch is speeding me up. Any experienced thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated.
Durham Dawdler Jun 2011 10:22am, 6 Jun 2011 751 posts	Quote Pin Durham Dawdler I finished my first OW tri yesterday, I was dreading the start of the swim as it was a mass, deep water start, but once I got in I was fine. I started at the back and stayed near the back pretty much all the way around. I finished the 750m swim in 17:55 and absolutely loved it, I don't know whay I have been so scared about it for the last 40+ years!
Nick Cook Jun 2011 10:31am, 6 Jun 2011 7,072 posts	Quote Pin Nick Cook Well done DD!!
AngusClydesdale Jun 2011 12:06pm, 6 Jun 2011 817 posts	Quote Pin AngusClydesdale Spot on DD. Nice one.
Paul Snell Jun 2011 1:24pm, 6 Jun 2011 1,121 posts	Quote Pin Paul Snell good report DD!
Durham Dawdler Jun 2011 1:31pm, 6 Jun 2011 752 posts	Quote Pin Durham Dawdler if you check out durhamdawdler.wordpress.com you'll get the full, long story
Yorkshire Pie Jun 2011 1:34pm, 6 Jun 2011 8,586 posts	Quote Pin Yorkshire Pie I did my first OW tri yesterday too The lake was much less clear than the only other OW swims I've done before (couldn't even see my own arms/hands while I was swimming), and I didn't like the fact that the first I knew of someone near me was when we collided because I just couldn't see them, and I got a few kicks in the face (and elsewhere), but once I got a bit of clear water around me it was fine.
Durham Dawdler Jun 2011 1:35pm, 6 Jun 2011 753 posts	Quote Pin Durham Dawdler well done YP, it's a great felling isn't it?