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Comments: This was my 2nd worst performance in this event. What would you do differently?: If I do it again I will actually train. ![]() Post race
What limited your ability to perform faster: An almost complete lack of training. Event comments: Conditions at the start of my wave at 05:55 were near perfect. The SW swell was about 15cm with a light E/NE breeze so the water was glassy. I was making way at a slow but acceptable 3.3km/h and was on target for about 6h or slightly under. However, at 10:30 when I was at 12km it all turned to shit when the wind rapidly swung around to the NW then W. The ocean blew up and I spent the next 6km swimming through a choppy 1 to 1.5m swell. To make it even more fun, because my skipper took me on a Southerly course, large boats heading to the island for the day blasted past me so periodically I would get hammered by the bow waves from large high speed boats. After 18km when I was inside Thomson bay it all settled down a bit but the damage was done. I have proved to myself, without intending to, that I can swim a 19.7km ocean race without training. It is not a strategy I would recommend however. If conditions are good you might get away with it but if they turn bad it will bite you on the arse. It's now almost a week after and I still have the tooth marks to prove it. Last updated: 2015-11-23 12:00 AM
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Australia
Rottnest Channel Swim Association (RCSA)
23.5C / 74F
Sunny
Overall Rank = 104/257
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Age Group Rank = 0/
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