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This morning will probably be the last real open-water swim that I will be able to do. The Fall clouds have rolled in and they are not expected to leave and the temperature is moving into the 45-60 degree range. These 2 elements do not bode well for keeping water above 60 degrees. I may be able to do one or two more, however I feel like this is the "Goodbye outdoor training season" time. I will miss these swims because you don't have to worry about walls, sharing lanes, or changing rooms.
The water was a little chilly, but I didn't have any real problems with it. With help from my Garmin 305, I was able to keep track of how far I had gone so that I could turn around.
I am impressed with how good I am at estimating my event times. from past swims, I estimated that I would complete an Iron Distance swim in an hour and twenty minutes. I was really close. After the speed intervals that I do through the winter at the pool, I may be able to bring that down to 1 hour and 10 minutes.
A time of 1:10 is congruent with the top 20% of finishers. Too bad I will finish in the bottom 20% on the ride and have to play catch-up on the run and finish in the middle of the field.
My arms and feet began to feel cold at 1.4 miles. Unfortunately, with a sleeveless wetsuit, there is no way to fix that except to push harder and get the core (warmer) blood out to them. You can't hold them out of the water to warm them up. At this point, it was a game of energy usage vs heat. I stopped paying attention to it after a while. Once I started to feel the finish coming, all I could think about was standing up on the bottom and getting out of the water.
I stopped to gag once at about .9 miles. This usually occurs at .6 miles, so either it was a fluke or I am able to better control air entering my esophogus while breathing. We will see in future swims.
I am grateful for the swim. I ended up going longer than I expected, AND I forgot to text my wife when I got out of the water. She worries (for good reason) and unfortunately, I didn't check in until after I got to work which was some time later :( I'm sorry!!
Goodbye long swims! It was a wonderful season!
This morning will probably be the last real open-water swim that I will be able to do. The Fall clouds have rolled in and they are not expected to leave and the temperature is moving into the 45-60 degree range. These 2 elements do not bode well for keeping water above 60 degrees. I may be able to do one or two more, however I feel like this is the "Goodbye outdoor training season" time. I will miss these swims because you don't have to worry about walls, sharing lanes, or changing rooms.
The water was a little chilly, but I didn't have any real problems with it. With help from my Garmin 305, I was able to keep track of how far I had gone so that I could turn around.
I am impressed with how good I am at estimating my event times. from past swims, I estimated that I would complete an Iron Distance swim in an hour and twenty minutes. I was really close. After the speed intervals that I do through the winter at the pool, I may be able to bring that down to 1 hour and 10 minutes.
A time of 1:10 is congruent with the top 20% of finishers. Too bad I will finish in the bottom 20% on the ride and have to play catch-up on the run and finish in the middle of the field.
My arms and feet began to feel cold at 1.4 miles. Unfortunately, with a sleeveless wetsuit, there is no way to fix that except to push harder and get the core (warmer) blood out to them. You can't hold them out of the water to warm them up. At this point, it was a game of energy usage vs heat. I stopped paying attention to it after a while. Once I started to feel the finish coming, all I could think about was standing up on the bottom and getting out of the water.
I stopped to gag once at about .9 miles. This usually occurs at .6 miles, so either it was a fluke or I am able to better control air entering my esophogus while breathing. We will see in future swims.
I am grateful for the swim. I ended up going longer than I expected, AND I forgot to text my wife when I got out of the water. She worries (for good reason) and unfortunately, I didn't check in until after I got to work which was some time later :( I'm sorry!!
Goodbye long swims! It was a wonderful season!
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