Since my last swim sucked I decided to join the Heat crew for an open water swim up at West Hill Lake on Friday night. The swim is an out and back to a tiny island located centerish in the lake. It's just under a mile to the island and the same on the way back to the boat lunch.
I finally realized my new wetsuit is tight, maybe too tight. I'm not sure if I've put on weight but it's really tight around my legs...must be all that climbing. About nine of us gathered for the swim along with two swim studs. On the way out I just tried to settle in to a rhythm. I noticed my shoulders and upper biceps started to ache like I was doing curls. So I lengthened my stroke and rolled more which felt much smoother. I zig zagged quite a bit but came in a little after the studs. The way back I was loose and able to glide more and swam much faster. I think I'll be joining this group on Friday over the next couple weeks to get better at open water swims.
It was good practice for Sunday's race and future races. All I know is that the IM swim is going to be really really long. I'd have to do more than double what I did today...shit!
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