Venice Penguin Swim Club New Year's Dive
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Venice Penguin Swim Club New Year's Dive - SwimOther
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Comments: This was crazy fun on New Year's Day ... a bunch of L.A. idiots in Speedos decide to go race in the ocean. There's a mini-course called Amateurs where people just hop in and out (or go round a buoy that's at the surfline), and then the Pros (awesome! I got to go in the Pros wave!) actually do a 300m race. Look! There's purple in my graph. Heh. I haven't swum in six months. The water was BITCHING cold ... it was tough to breathe and move first getting in. I did head-up free at first and focused on breathing meditation, then was able to put my head in the water after about 50 yards. The rest went really smoothly, although occasionally I popped my head up and did a breaststroke to sight and get around others. I came in about mid-pack, which was great for being with a bunch of ocean swimmers, and my time was decent for a swim where you ran in and had to get past the surfline. What would you do differently?: Get fully wet or at least get my face wet and practice breathing in the cold water before the race. Oh, and maybe swim sometimes? Post race
Warm down: Did a full-body change right there on Venice Beach. :) I had a towel around me for most of it, though. What limited your ability to perform faster: Ummm ... not swimming for six months? Bloody cold? Last updated: 2009-01-01 12:00 AM
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Shuffled around in sweats looking like one of Venice's finest homeless people. Got body-marked. Put a swim cap on and earplugs in.
Got in the water up to my knees.