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First 2.4 mile swim!
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 2007-05-08 9:02 AM |
Champion  10154    Alabama |  Subject: First 2.4 mile swim!I finally swam 2.4 miles this morning. I really wanted to cover the IM swim distance to help me get my mind around the distance. So the good news is I now know I can swim 2.4 miles - the bad news is, it took me 1:39.55 to cover the distance. Nevertheless, I felt pretty good the whole swim. Below is my lap splits for the 85 laps. The 4 'spikes' were rest laps where I swam breast stroke. I've run marathons so I know what it takes to run 26.2 miles and now I've swum 2.4 miles so I know how that feels. The only think remaining is to bike 112 miles. Uh…and then of course, do them all back-to-back. :-) So far my longest bike ride is 80 miles so I've got a way to go yet. ~Mike (swim.jpg) Attachments ---------------- swim.jpg (28KB - 21 downloads) |
| 2007-05-08 9:09 AM in reply to: #792737 |
Master 2808  , Minnesota | Subject: RE: First 2.4 mile swim! Congrats! I'm looking forward to practicing the full 2.4 myself. No plans to do it in the pool, however. |
| 2007-05-08 9:12 AM in reply to: #792737 |
Master 2299 New York | Subject: RE: First 2.4 mile swim! Nice work! And don't forget, your wetsuit will knock a significant chunk out of that time. Pre-IMAZ I could usually hold about 1:42/100m over 2.4 miles in the pool - I came out of the water in Tempe in 1:03. Congrats on the breakthrough workout! |
| 2007-05-08 9:34 AM in reply to: #792756 |
Champion 10154 Alabama | Subject: RE: First 2.4 mile swim! KenyonTri - 2007-05-08 9:12 AM Nice work! And don't forget, your wetsuit will knock a significant chunk out of that time. Pre-IMAZ I could usually hold about 1:42/100m over 2.4 miles in the pool - I came out of the water in Tempe in 1:03. Congrats on the breakthrough workout!
I'm not planning on wearing a wetsuit for the IMKY. The last time I wore a wetsuit was on the GCT HIM and the added buoyancy kept me bobbing around like a dang cork and I got motion sickness and started hurling and DNF'd. So, unless the water temp is in the 50s I'm not wearing a wetsuit. I know my swim time will be slower than everyone else but I'm not going to risk motion sickness again.
~Mike |
| 2007-05-08 12:35 PM in reply to: #792737 |
| Crystal Lake, IL | Subject: RE: First 2.4 mile swim! Congrats! Watching you get into these longer distances has been fun. 80 mile bike rides and 2.4 mi swims! Awesome.
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| 2007-05-08 1:49 PM in reply to: #792737 |
 Expert 647 Sarnia, Ontario | Subject: RE: First 2.4 mile swim! Nice swim! |
| 2007-05-08 3:02 PM in reply to: #793269 |
Champion 10154 Alabama | Subject: RE: First 2.4 mile swim! KRCSWO - 2007-05-08 1:49 PM Nice swim!
Timex Ironman Triathlon watch. $50 at Wal-mart. :-) I use it mainly to keep track of my laps - I hit the start/split button whenever I hit the wall in the shallow end. I then put the splits into Excel and graphed them to see how constant I was. ~Mike |
| 2007-05-08 7:13 PM in reply to: #792737 |
Elite 2553 Tucson, AZ | Subject: RE: First 2.4 mile swim! Awesome! Keep up the fantastic work!  |
| 2007-05-09 11:11 PM in reply to: #792737 |
| Mesa | Subject: RE: First 2.4 mile swim! Good job... that time is way before the cutoff! |
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