La Jolla Rough Water Swim (Gatorman)

I'm getting closer to pulling the trigger on the 1 miler for my first ocean swim (eeek!). Ran it by the hubby and he seems on board with the idea of a weekend trip.

I asked my Master's swim coach about it too, and he said they do a practice swim at 4pm on Sat. So I'll probably go to that.

I've never been more nervous or scared about a race!

Congrats!  You're gonna love it.  Nothing like swimming in the Pacific.

I might be in for the mile.... likely not, but there's a slim chance.....

I am fairly certain to be out for the 3 miler

I have the fitness to finish the race but probably not to finish within the cutoff time. I am going to do a "Trial Swim" next week to be sure but it just does not seem like I was able to recover the speed I had last year before I injured my shoulder.

If I do bag the 3 miler, I will still show up and do the 1 mile swim

Bummer. What's the cutoff time for the 3 miler?

Bummer Tim.... you could always come do Naples.  No cutoff I am aware of (just checked, 2:10 for 2.75 miles)

Gatorman cutoff is (i believe) 1:45.  And from what I heard, it's a cutoff.  They don't come get you out of the water, they just leave.  no food, no shirt, like you never existed

The cutoff time is 1:45:00 or about a 1:55 /100 yards.

The hard part is that it is a no wetsuit affair so I will be putting a lot more energy into swimming than I did during the Ironman.

I averaged a 1:43 / 100 Yards at Couer d'Alene with a wetsuit for 2.4 miles and I think that puts me right on the bubble for a DNF at Gatorman.

I am not gonna make a final decision until next week. I am going to do a 3 mile swim with my paddler and see

Yup, that is what I have heard from my clubmates also.

Naples is still on the radar for me but given the timing, it might be a bit of a distraction right when I am in the heart of my marathon training for the Fall marathon season.

Still have not made a final decision but it is definitely not looking good

I am not counting out the possibility of doing it, but will definitely feel better when I get in a longer practice swim with my paddler. (At least 2 miles)