Great Chesapeake Bay Swim - SwimOther

Did this something like 15 min faster than the 3 mi I did a bunch of weeks ago. I KNEW something was way off w/ that race!! This was so much more fun; I stayed in w/ the other swimmers, and on course too! No creepy all-on-your-own-2mi-from shore feeling w/ the bridges and kayakers and other swimmers so close.

I worried about sooooo much, and it was really not a big deal. First 2 miles during the slack tide were nearly identical to a pool swim time, the last two took a bit longer. On a perfect day in the pool, the best I could do would be 2.5 hrs. So this isn't THAT much more for open water.

Nothing, the only hard part was the ebb tide in the last bit of the 3rd mile and the 4th mile. Nothing I could do to change the tide! And I didn't let it sweep me off course the way I've let currents mess w/ me in the past. So that's clearly improvement. Or a good/easy course. Whichever, I'll take it!

Showers! Yay!! There were showers!! I always feel gross after a race, and weird milling around to eat and hang out all work out gross. The showers were fantastic!!


Was told this year was an easy year in comparison to other years. I might be afraid of making the cut offs in a more difficult year, but this race/distance is totally possible and not undoable.