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Lake Del Valle 0.75 mile swim - Swim

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Livermore, CA, CA
United States
Tri-Valley Masters
75F / 24C
Sunny

Total Time = 32m 53s
Overall Rank = 124/?
Age Group = 35-40
Age Group Rank = 5/6

Pre-race routine:

This is my masters team, so I volunteered to help. Got everything ready to go the night before, got up at 5:30, put on swimsuit, and warm clothes and headed to the race site. I got there about 6:10. Helped with registration.

Event warmup:

Got in the 68 degree water, did the "I am cold" dance and finally put my face in the water. Swam about 100 yards before the start, just to get used to the temperature. This is masters, so only wimps wear wetsuits. I am not a wimp, but I was cold.

Swim

32m 53s
1320 yards
02m 29s / 100 yards

Comments:

Felt strong the entire swim. Water was murky this year, however, less growing things in the water, which was good. Weather was perfect for the swim, not windy, very nice.

What would you do differently?:

I drafted about 1/2 the swim off of another person (sorta practicing that skill) He was going just a hair slower than my pace, so I could have passed him but chose not to. My effort for this portion was much easier than when I was swimming on my own, but I could have finished faster.

Post race

Warm down:

Eat post-race goodies, and put on warm jacket.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Only back swimming for about 6 weeks, not up to speed yet.

Event comments:

Of course it's the best! My team puts it on! The only bad thing was the EMT guys forgot or something, so we had to wait to start for about 1/2 hour until the ambulance showed up. However, not the organization's fault.

Last updated: 2005-06-19 12:00 AM

Swimming
00:32:53 \| 1320 yards \| 02m 29s / 100yards
Age Group:	5/6
Overall:	124/?
Performance:	Good
Water started feeling pretty good after about the 1st buoy. It was still cold, but felt refreshing rather than icy. Around the last buoy I swam into the rope holding the buoy (it was floating out there for quite a ways) finally got myself away from that, then I was good to go.
Suit:	Swimsuit
Course:	Sort've parallelogram shaped, swam around the buoys in a counter-clockwise direction. Everyone doing the swim started at the same time. Deep water start.
Start type:		Plus:
Water temp:	68F / 20C	Current:	Low
200M Perf.	Average	Remainder:	Good
Breathing:	Good	Drafting:	Good
Waves:	Good	Navigation:	Good
Rounding:	Good

Post race
Weight change:	%
Overall:	Good
Mental exertion [1-5]	3
Physical exertion [1-5]	3
Good race?	Yes

Evaluation
Course challenge	Just right
Organized?	Yes
Events on-time?	No
Lots of volunteers?	Yes
Plenty of drinks?
Post race activities:	Average
Race evaluation [1-5]	5