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Thread: Distance swimming question....
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03-21-2017, 01:29 PM #26Registered User
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Sounds like you've got the fitness and ability part down. Safety would be my #1 concern...boat traffic, tides, winds, etc. x2 on a wet suit and support boat, don't want get a cramp out there on your own.
Consider myself an average swimmer and #1 thing I have to constantly remind myself in OWS is manage heart rate, that gets up too high and your screwed.
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03-21-2017, 02:00 PM #27
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03-21-2017, 02:32 PM #28
Yeah, I have experience racing moutain bikes cross country, and that was always a thing, don't start out too fast. Same with a big climb biking or skiing, you know it's coming, settle into your pace, get comfortable, and then go at a sustainable pace.
Good feedback, gonna hit the pool tomorrow for an extended swim, see how it goes.sigless.
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03-21-2017, 03:30 PM #29
If you use a 2 man kayak as a safety boat make sure you know how to get into from deep water--otherwise there will be two of you swimming.
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03-21-2017, 05:41 PM #30
Fat floats. I'd suggest stuffing your face with as many cheeseburgers and pizzas as you can find immediately.
I've concluded that DJSapp was never DJSapp, and Not DJSapp is also not DJSapp, so that means he's telling the truth now and he was lying before.
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03-21-2017, 05:51 PM #31
I've met Lynn cox (friend of friend). apparently, she has a great physical build for open ocean swimming. She's not svelt.
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03-21-2017, 05:57 PM #32
Totally noticed this in San Fran.... At my last minute piss stop on the boat, the guy behind me was in nothing but a Speedo, everyone else had full wetsuits, booties, double caps, you name it. Homeboy was prolly 5'8, 240, rocking the grape smugglers and nuthin else.......
What we have here is an intelligence failure. You may be familiar with staring directly at that when shaving. .
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One man can only push so many boulders up hills at one time.
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03-21-2017, 06:43 PM #33
I did a lot of distance swimming in lake superior last year. I just go swim for a few hours, it's usually like 2 miles.
The thing that made a huge difference for me was using a mask and snorkel. It's so nice to just keep your head down and watch the bottom. I just rock back and forth slowly, a lot of my move comes from my hips. I take floaty breaks, I get cramps. Sometimes I change strokes. The appropriate wetsuit for water temp is a must. Weirdly, sometimes the swells/waves make me a little seasick.
What I would do is swim that distance along shore first and see how it agrees with you.
If I can convey anything, you want to feel like "I can do this all day if I have to, I can knock the pace down and keep making progress for 10 hours"....you don't want to be at your limit in any way, at your energy limit, at some limit of a weak limb or something, at your thermal limit...etc. Snorkel or goggles: you don't want them hurting after 2 hours....You want all that dialed in so you have the confidence to approach it calmly...that feeling like "I can swim indefinitely".
Having some fat on your body is not an awful thing for this kind of thing imho.
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03-21-2017, 07:00 PM #34
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03-22-2017, 09:12 AM #35
Marathon swimmers frown on the use of a wetsuits. If you are doing an official channel swim like the English Channel or Catalina it doesn't count unless you're wearing a normal swimsuit. I'll admit I'm a bit of a purist and view swimming in a wetsuit as cheating. It's something triathletes do after all (shudder).
I'm not sure what the water temp is around Nevis, but I suspect it's plenty warm to not require a wetsuit. If it's an area with lots of jellyfish you might want to wear one just for the protection.
edit: Google says the current water temp is 79 degrees F. I'd die in a wetsuit in water that warm. I wouldn't consider one unless the water temp was under 70.
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03-22-2017, 09:14 AM #36
Yeah, there's two aquatic clubs that swim at Aquatic Park, where we did a warmup swim before the race....Not one of them wore a wet suit, including the 60 y/o grandmas....Back to the OP, would you be doing this swim during the actual race? Or just solo? That'd make a huge difference as far as swim safety goes.....
What we have here is an intelligence failure. You may be familiar with staring directly at that when shaving. .
-Ottime
One man can only push so many boulders up hills at one time.
-BMillsSkier
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03-22-2017, 09:23 AM #37
It must be on his own because the race is this weekend.
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03-22-2017, 09:34 AM #38What we have here is an intelligence failure. You may be familiar with staring directly at that when shaving. .
-Ottime
One man can only push so many boulders up hills at one time.
-BMillsSkier
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03-22-2017, 12:02 PM #39
I absolutely wouldn't do it without a safety boat. While 4K for a fit swimmer is a cake walk, cramping or just panicking out there could kill you. Inter island currents can be a real bitch as well.
I agree it is a constitutional right for Americans to be assholes...its just too bad that so many take the opportunity...iscariot
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03-22-2017, 01:07 PM #40Registered User
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03-22-2017, 02:17 PM #41
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03-22-2017, 02:52 PM #42"fuck off you asshat gaper shit for brains fucktard wanker." - Jesus Christ
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03-22-2017, 03:29 PM #43
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03-22-2017, 03:41 PM #44Registered User
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Come to Cape Cod I'll provide the guide boat for the 6.4mi swim to the Vineyard.
I had a client in town one March swimming icy laps to prepare for swimming the English Channel. Crazy...
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03-22-2017, 03:52 PM #45
i love swimming but you couldn't pay me to open water swim. sharks and currents.
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03-22-2017, 08:47 PM #46
I wouldnt do it without a chase boat, and i too swam in college. But then again i stopped every 100 yards, open water swimming is different. Take a good look at the currents and feel free to just lie about it.
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03-22-2017, 09:31 PM #47
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