Lake Swim at Oak/Ohio St. (Page 7)

I should be down there Thurs evening if anyone wants to join me?

Cheri - if you dress like a pirate I will too and then we can take over one of the boats

I am going downthere today, it definitely hot enough!!!

Ryan, that would be fun.....I am in

Thanks for the update....I think I will skip the wetsuit today  

Let's plan our day for attack

Friendly swim report from this morning:

The winds were pushing small waves/chop back towards the beach which made the swim out a little tough. Water temp definitely cooled off. There were weird pockets of extra cold water and some pockets of warm water. A very weird thing to swim through 2 of those back to back. Waves/chop were consistent enough that I was able to time my stroke pretty well to ride a bit on my glide.

I also talked to an older man who was super nice and was getting ready to race int eh 70.3 worlds in Nevada in September. And he was old! Really inspiring. I love how people in this sport are really social and supportive!

May see you down there?  Depends on what time I get out of work.

Awesome! I'll send you a PM with my #

Hey everyone. After a perfect morning for a swim I was excited because I finally had a watch to check my pace. But I realized that while there is a 1/4 mile and 1/2 mile buoy, I don't know where the official "start" point for those measurements is. I assume it's not the shore because that seems much further to the 1/4 mile buoy than from 1/4 to 1/2 mile. Any insight on this? Thanks!

There is a large blue sign on one of light posts that marks .5 miles from the second red buoy.  This is slightly before the start of the string of floating buoy's that most people start at. 

I've measured it using my Garmin on the path multiple times.  

Gah!  I'm back in the state!!!

Is anyone going any evening this week?  I need to really get some of these in before Chicago....

Kate

Swim report from this morning:

Cooler air temperatures did not cool down the water. The lake was not so much choppy as it was rolling. Slow rolling waves coming in by the break wall by the 1/2 mile buoy. Made the swim tougher, but had a few well timed strokes after sighting to catch a bit of air off the top of them, so that was fun!

There was also a reporter and photographer from the Tribune out there interviewing people about Tri swims after the deaths in New York. Everyone I head giving comments was pretty good talking about being prepared with proper training, remaining calm, focusing on form, etc.

Meulen - 2011-08-12 9:58 AM

Musicodm - 2011-08-12 9:01 AM Anyone going to be there tomorrow morning?

I'm supposed to race Sunday. Unfortunately, I'm sick! So I'm a no. But I'm sure Nexus and some of the other regulars we know from our motorcycle message board will be there.

doh!  Didn't read this before I swam.  Yep I was there and will pretty much be there most Saturdays at 6 or 7am

We need "Beginner Tri" swim caps so we can see who's who :P

I mentioned in an earlier post that there was a reporter out last week. Article is now up (linked below). I guess I didn't say anything exciting enough to get included in the article.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/columnists/ct-talk-brotman-swimdanger-0815-20110815,0,4549453,full.column