Grand Lake Open Water Swim for Heart of the Mountains Hospice

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Grand Lake Open Water Swim for Heart of the Mountains Hospice - Swim


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Grand Lake, Colorado
United States
70F / 21C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 00m
Overall Rank = 2/29
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 0/
Event warmup:

got in the water and tried to warm up my arms, as I have a sleeveless wetsuit. tried to get my face used to the water as well.
Swim
  • 00m
  • 850 meters
  • / 100 meters
Comments:

This was an untimed, unofficial race for fundraising. I was really happy to come in 2nd, and I was the first female finisher. There were only 29 people, and most of them probably weren't being competitive, but I was! The water was sooooo cold, but once I started, I was ok. Nav was hard, as there was some current and boat waves near the beach. I kept drifting off to one side. I was going pretty hard and was really breathing hard. And, Grand Lake is a little creepyNext year, first place!!
What would you do differently?:

Navigate better. Start near the front of the pack (unofficial race so we were just kind of hanging out in the water and the lady said "GO!".) so I can start faster.
Post race
Warm down:

not much

What limited your ability to perform faster:

inexperience with OW swimming




Last updated: 2010-09-10 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:00:00 | 850 meters | / 100meters
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 2/29
Performance: Good
Suit: BlueSeventy REaction Sleeveless
Course: Left from Point Park and swam across lake in straight line to Town Beach
Start type: Wade Plus:
Water temp: 60F / 16C Current: Medium
200M Perf. Good Remainder: Good
Breathing: Average Drafting:
Waves: Navigation: Average
Rounding:
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
Physical exertion [1-5] 4
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Too easy
Organized?
Events on-time?
Lots of volunteers?
Plenty of drinks?
Post race activities:
Race evaluation [1-5] 3

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