The river water was outstanding this morning. My speed ... not so much! However, the point of the morning was to do a 4K training swim at 10K pace, and I'd like to think I accomplished that! Apparently (and I use that word for a reason) I was slower than 1:14 and faster than 1:15 including one (possibly two) 500 metre +/- trips by Bruce to the timing mat. To say there was some administrative confusion around timing would be putting it mildly. Fiona, Mike and another swimmer I don't know didn't even get a time when the results were finally posted hours later -- and somehow I have exactly the same time as another swim only competitor, which is Mighty Suspicious!
I could have been much more aggressive in my pacing — I got behind some feet that didn't really want to let me by, so I just followed them for 2K. It was a lazy decision, partially based on the assumption that if I tried to pass, the feet would speed up with me. But overall, I'm happy enough with it. I could probably swim at or near that pace for another 6K.
Also, I did pop my head up and thank each kayaker and paddle boarder for being out there.* Most were quite surprised! After trying to sort some of the timing issues (apparently unsuccessfully), I went back to the swim start/finish and watched the sprint, super-sprint, try-a-tri, and half-iron swims — camera in one hand, cowbell in the other.
* Many thanks to all the other volunteers I did not thank in person, but who also made the event possible.
Saturday, September 05, 2009
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Oooh, the one thing I can't tolerate in a race is when they eff up the timing. That gets a race on my sh!t list rather fast!
Good use of the day!
It was not a race for aggressive pacing!
Pokey=good on some days! At least you were polite and thoughtful and that's what counts, character!
Sounds like the right pace for what you wanted. And I'm sure the volunteers on the swim course were surprised. Probably the only people who thank them are those who need their help.
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