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Race Reports for Jim McDonnell Lake Swim - 2 Mile 2006

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  • Organised?
  • Events on time?

  • Lots of volunteers to help?
  • Plenty of drink stations?

  • Post race activities?
  • Overall course based on my ability:

  • Comments: In two weeks, I went from my worst race to a PR. Ironic that the PR was on a lake swim, when it was a lake swim that had kicked my tail at Luray. Additionally, it was the first time that I can recall that I actually passed someone - in any event - and the first time that I didn't finish last. Not that there's anything with that, as they say on Seinfeld. It's just that it provided me with an indicia of improvement when I sorely needed it. But the best of all - this was the first time that I felt like a "real" swimmer. No garbage stroke, no panic. I just did a little breaststroke to warm up and took my time getting started. I tried to ignore other swimmers passing me and just focused on being loose and comfortable in the water. Y'know, it's one thing to talk about being comfortable in the water, it's quite different to actually *feel* it. And feel it, I did. I don't know how it happened, but I just started to go with the flow (bad swimming pun - sorry). About 1/4 way into it,
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: This is a great race for practicing open water swimming. It would be great prior to doing a tri. The waves are small, the lake calm and you don't have to do anything else at the end.
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