silly question regarding open water training.
big4ndy
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Morning,
This might be a stupid question but please go easy on me.
Myself and a couple of mates are doing the London tri. in a few weeks. The wetsuits have arrived so we want to hit the open water.
Question: how do you know how far you are swimming when swimming in a river/resevoir/the sea? (prepared for barage of really obvious answers)
Cheers.
This might be a stupid question but please go easy on me.
Myself and a couple of mates are doing the London tri. in a few weeks. The wetsuits have arrived so we want to hit the open water.
Question: how do you know how far you are swimming when swimming in a river/resevoir/the sea? (prepared for barage of really obvious answers)
Cheers.
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Not the most accurate way, but free and easy!!
Good luck at London
They will most probably have a course marked by buoys and can tell you the distance of each lap. They also have someone keeping an eye on you to make sure nothing unto ward happens.
Its a much safer approach.
Alternatively and a little more exotic to set up. Arrange 2 sailing boats (preferably Tall Ships as easier to spot), 100m apart and swim round them.
more usefully - if you know that you swim, say, 30mins for 1500 in a pool then go out and swim for 30mins. you might not cover 1500 exactly, but you shouldn't be a huge amount off.
You also get lifeguards etc in canoes that normally follow people around and they are usually held at venues with a cafe selling cake!
Enjoy, good luck.
Mapmyrun gave me a rough idea for tomorrows river swim.
The closest open water venue seems to be strathclyde park (about an hour away) so we'll give that a bash too.
River doon here we come!