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stevepiv - 2011-04-28 11:54 AM 

I guess I'll just have to start training for a HIM

Congratulations Steve and Good Luck! I'm sure you will beat your old time.

It’s great to read about everyone’s success and achievements.  Well done to you all.   

I’m going for my first ever open water swim.  It’s the Jack Rabbit Jerseyman Open Water Swim at Spruce Run in Clinton, NJ on May 7^th ; sprint distance of 0.6 miles.  I’ve gone that far in a 25 yard lap pool but never in open water.

Honestly, I do not expect to finish without having to swim the breast stroke or grabbing hold of a buoy at some point, but if I don’t try I’ll never know.  I also brought my first wetsuit.  I feel like a sausage wearing it and every unflattering ripple shows, but when in Rome…

Stay tuned. 

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Had an awesome training session with Zero Negative in support of Team Brandon yesterday.   The bay had healthy chop, 40 people all swimming on top of each other.  It sure was a heck of a lot different than sharing a swim lane in the pool.   I started with a feeling of panic, but with some coaching gained a lot of open water confidence.   

I highly recommend this clinic if they offer it again.  

I completely agree with Steven - the race was great! I really love this event.

I did better than last year (by 20 minutes) but Steven still had enough time to take a nap while waiting for me to finish  Hopefully, my result will go down 20 more minutes next year. Maybe then Steven will only have time for a cup of coffee.

I spent two hours on the trisports website last week trying to decide which one of the two tri suits I liked to buy. It took me so long the deal was no longer available.  

A couple of firsts for me after 5 months of training. I rode my bike 19 miles on Saturday (The Great Swap in Chatham) and I swam my first uninterrupted mile on Sunday. 1 mile; 1,760 yards; 1,609 meters; 5,280 feet; 63,360 inches or 158,400 centimeters.  

Yes, I am a little stoked. 

All I need to do now is do it all in one day and add on a nice six mile run…

Sounds like a good time! I am headed to St. George this weekend and will be swimming my first open water swim and also volunteering for the Ironman down there. I'm a little nervous for the open water but will have some great support from some friends that will be racing. Any tips to avoid the freak out of cold/ open water?

So you missed the deal? Oh well, I'm sure there will be more to come!

I would say just be prepared for the possibility of panicking in OWS and have a plan to deal with it: backstroke, normalize breething, flip over, try to swim. If not working - do it over. I have no idea how to deal with cold water. I'm considering getting a deep water scuba diving suit, hat, and boots for the Black Bear race - it's going to be chilly

I better make up my mind on what I want beforehand

Well, since we are talking OWS here, I figured I should share this picture. This is me after an OWS in a small NJ lake before my first tri. Let me just tell you that when my husband saw me approaching him he screamed and try to run away. The lake might have been just a litlle bit muddy.

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Haha, That is really funny! That's one good thing about the lake I'll be swimming in is that it is clean, the bad news is that it is really cold!

Good luck,

I'm off to the Devilman in Cumberland County.   I'm teetering on the edge of still being a clydesdale (200+).   I am setting my goals:

Swim .4 = 14 minutes

Bike 20.3 = 70 minutes

Run 4.0 = 32 minutes

With transitions, trying to come in between 2 hours and 2:05.   First time out, let's see if I have realistic goals.  

Finished my first ! ! ! 

Took  the approach of taking it slow.   It all still worked  out:

Time = 1:55:27

Found a lot of areas to improve upon.  

My times:

http://www.piranha-sports.com/Results/EntryDetail.aspx?RegistrationID=33977  

Team In Training:

http://www.piranha-sports.com/Results/ResultsByClub.aspx?RaceID=391&ClubID=351

Great job on the race!

Here are my numbers for the week:

Congratulations! Good time and group placement! The Sprint should actually be called Sprint +. All the distances (except for the swim) are longer than they usually are.