Race Reports for Optimis Sport Distance Swim Challenge

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Race rating (4)

Comments: My goal for the 10K was 3:00, so hitting 10K at 2:36 was fantastic, and beating 3 for the entire swim was fantastic as well. Last year was 17/41 and 2/6 AG. Here 10/34 and 2/7 AG. I think I trained well for this, but am glad to be done with 2+ hour ocean training swims for a while

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Comments: I thought this was a well organized race, the conditions were perfect and there were plenty of lifeguards out in the water. I have a couple gripes about course set up and direction, but it's hard in a point to point to describe the end of a swim course. I like the in and out aspect from a safety perspective. It allowed me to get long distance swimming in without feeling like I was in the middle of the ocean. But, while it was a break, the act of getting horizontal again after being on the beach was a lot harder than I thought it would be. And our conditions were ideal, if there were significant surf,it would have been MUCH MUCH harder, having to duck dive, dolphin, etc. Then again, that's open water ocean swimming. After the race I felt the same sort of sense of accomplishment I felt after my first HIM or IM, it was something I didn't think I could do, yet I did it anyway. I went 100% further than I had ever gone in my life, and I think I did it well. I was very happy I decided

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