open water

where are you located?

downtown Indy, but I am willing to drive say....... an hour each way

Edited by mikelcycle 2009-09-01 2:47 PM

By "eight months out of the year", do you mean March through October?  I don't know anywhere in Indiana you would want to OWS in March....April is really cold too.

I have a wetsuit but maybe all the months where I can stand to get in the water.    I just want a lake to swim in that does not dictate it's swimming season by when the kids are out of school for the summer

sometimes your best bet is a private lake.  If you know someone that lives on one or have friends that know someone usually they will let you swim.  I swim in a private lake, but I have to go off their dock and I have to let them know when I'm doing it.  One thing I have found that if I do only OWS my times seem to slow down, I think if you don't do some pool time doing interval sets you will get in a relax slower mode and at least for me my times tend to start slowing, so I only go once a week.  I'm not sure where you can go on a regular bases in Indy.

Ron

thanks Ron

Likely a regular open water swim will end up being once per week for me, due to time constraints and what I am hoping to accomplish is simply better navigation skills

I really appreciate the tips

Michael