Jordan Lake Open Water Challenge - 2.4 Mile - SwimOther

It was fun to race with Dana but one thing I learned from the experience is that both of us racing and trying to organize the kids in the morning may be too much. She ended up without enough breakfast. I almost missed my start.

We arrived after the race briefing, checked in and made it to the beach at about 8.25. I jumped in the water as the announcer was calling for people to exit the lake for the 2.4 mile race to start.

I did about a 50 warm up of drills.

All in all, it was a good swim. I felt good. I did not feel weightless and amazing. I sighted poorly and twice stopped for orientation and stopped three other times to clear fog from goggles. There was only one buouy between each turn and could have used more for guidance.

In the deep water, parallel to shore, section of the triangle shaped course there was a chop from the wind. It actually felt like swimming into a current.

I accellerated into the finish easily and passed people but never really hit the perfect "zone" with my stroke.

This was the first race in more than two years that I did not get a PR. DRAT.

Warm up. Clear my head before the start. Attend race briefing to learn about the start. Arrive much earlier.

After I came out of the water, I said hellow to the kids who were digging in the sand. Esme came over to join me and wait/look for Dana Ann. Then we took a couple photos, packed the car, waited for the awards (3rd Male Overall) and left.


Logistics.


There were a dearth of safety folks on the water which didn't matter -- thankfully. They did have an ambulance on site. There were hundreds of people who left for a group ride along the IMR70.3 course -- I was envious. It was fun, the people were nice, it was very laid back and low key. It was a local race -- most of the people seemed to know several others there. The lake was pretty, clean and without grasses etc. on the course.