Great Chesapeake Bay Swim - 1 Mile - SwimOther


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Stevensville, Maryland
United States
The Great Chesapeake Bay Swim
80F / 27C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 26m 2s
Overall Rank = 80/382
Age Group = 30-34
Age Group Rank = 6/32
Pre-race routine:

Coffee, regular breakfast, .5 hr drive from the hotel to the sight.
Event warmup:

none, I guess the walk to the beach!
Swim
  • 26m 2s
  • 1750 yards
  • 01m 29s / 100 yards
Comments:

I was in wave 3 with only 3 min. between waves there was not much time to get situated. By the time I got over the time pad there was 1 min. till start and I had to push my way through to get an ok start spot.
Was a big change from lake swimming! I could see getting sea sick in the chop, but it didn't really affect me till I had finished and stood still for a bit. It was really hard to see the buoys I must have swam for 200 yrds before I actually saw one, good thing I wasn't in the first wave. It would be nice if they would seed the start instead of order of registration... there was a ton of congestion which could have been avoided.
What would you do differently?:

Register first?
Post race
Warm down:

walk around and wait for the 4.4's to finish

What limited your ability to perform faster:

warm up, as usual, but there was really no where, they didn't have warm ups in the bay!

Event comments:

Red shirts? Really? Fun race.




Last updated: 2010-06-11 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:26:02 | 1750 yards | 01m 29s / 100yards
Age Group: 6/32
Overall: 80/382
Performance: Good
Suit: swim suit
Course: Triangle out from beach right turn to the bridge right turn along the sea wall back to the beach.
Start type: Wade Plus: Waves
Water temp: 74F / 23C Current: Medium
200M Perf. Good Remainder: Good
Breathing: Good Drafting: Below average
Waves: Navigation: Average
Rounding: Good
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
Good race?
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities:
Race evaluation [1-5] 4