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Perch Lake OW Swim - Swim1 mile Cable
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Comments: took it easy. stayed with the same woman through the whole race. she finished just slightly ahead of me. was hoping to 'kick' and pass her, but i didn't have much in me for a kick. wasn't tired out from the swimming, i just didn't have force effort, just sustaining effort. What would you do differently?: nothing  Post race
Warm down: got my race shirt. found kelly. had a banana. found our stuff. headed out. wanted to hang around to watch all the 2 milers come in, but kelly had to get on the road to meet her mom in wisconsin. What limited your ability to perform faster: + bronchitis + lack of swim training this year Event comments: this event feels like what i imagine tris felt like when they first started out. organized, but personal. everyone is smiling and jumping around in the water. even the fastest swimmers were friendly and laughing. i've done this one since it started, 1 mile the first year, 2 miles the second year, 1 mile this year, 2 mile next year (right, kelly???). i'd recommend this one to anyone who wants to do an ow swim. plus, its a great feeling to do a swim, have it feel familiar like in a tri, but then hop out of the water and be DONE! :) Last updated: 2006-07-31 12:00 AM
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 2006-08-19 11:19 AM |
molto veloce mama  9311   |  Subject: Perch Lake OW Swim |
| 2006-08-19 4:26 PM in reply to: #516306 |
Champion 8766    Evergreen, Colorado | Subject: RE: Perch Lake OW Swim Isn't open water swimming FUN? I agree...it's great to be done when you get out of the water! Nice job! |
| 2006-08-19 5:06 PM in reply to: #516306 |
Master 1551 Virginia Beach, VA | Subject: RE: Perch Lake OW Swim Great swim!!!  |
| 2006-08-19 7:10 PM in reply to: #516306 |
Extreme Veteran 475 Blaine, MN | Subject: RE: Perch Lake OW Swim nice work... you must be feeling better now.. despite the lingering health issues... congrats.. Edited by rabkaman 2006-08-19 7:11 PM |
| 2006-08-19 9:53 PM in reply to: #516306 |
Champion 19812 MA | Subject: RE: Perch Lake OW Swim Nice Swim Autumn! |
| 2006-08-21 8:34 AM in reply to: #516306 |
Master 2346 Dayton, Minnesota Bronze member | Subject: RE: Perch Lake OW Swim Yes! Definitely the two mile next year! Great swim! And thanks for accommodating my rushed schedule. |
| 2006-08-21 11:59 AM in reply to: #516306 |
Expert 789 Lake Forest, Illinois | Subject: RE: Perch Lake OW Swim Nice swim! Glad you were able to kick the illness enough to race! |
| 2006-08-21 1:28 PM in reply to: #516306 |
Pro 4675 Wisconsin near the Twin Cities metro | Subject: RE: Perch Lake OW Swim Good to meet you and Kelly for the 3 seconds prior to the start. Neither of you look like your avatars, although I guess swim caps and goggles changes things. good job! |
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up at 6:30. coffee and kashi w/ silk and cranberries. used my advair. kelly arrived and off we went. made the choice to switch to the 1 mile, since i a) have been sick for a week and wasn't sure how i would feel doing 2 miles and b) got some flack about racing at all today, so i compromised and switched to the shorter course. still no DNS on my record (apart from the time i missed a race because i wrote down the wrong day, but that doens't count since i went out and found another race to do that same day).
used my albuterol inhaler. did a couple laps out to the first bouy and back (not very far). coughed a bit. did some sommersaults in the water. coughed some more. (really, i am feeling much better - if i felt like i did last weekend, i wouldn't have raced. really). just before the race started, i spotted birkirunner, but we only had about 30 seconds to say 'hello' before the race started.