Subject: Another slow swimmer question I was perusing the race rules of my "A" event and see that the swim cut-off time is 1hr after the wave start. I have swam 1.2 miles twice recently once yesterday and again two weeks ago. My times were almost identical - 55 mins - I probably lost a couple of minutes due to turnaround stops and goggle drains (thought these things happen during the rac, plus I don't need to sight on these swims which are parallel to the beach). I am comfortable with the distance, but worried about how close my times are to the cutt-off, both my recent swims were in perfect conditions, add a swell or waves, wind and current and I'm thinking that I don't have much margin to play with. Obviously I continue to try to improve my times - but I find that I can pretty much swim at my current speed well beyond the required distance, but whe I try to speed things up - exhaustion is almost instantious. I took last years results and averaged the swim times - 42mins. Is a 1hr 1/2IM swim cut-off about normal? |