One Clydesdale’s Journey

I was going to post something after last weeks tragic accident at the Pewaukee Tri. But every time that I would get close to having something down, the details about the drowning would change.

I didn’t know the person who drowned, but I did the (Steve) the guy that dove in and tried to save him. In fact, I was at his house the day before talking about triathlons.

We actually talked about how a lot of people don’t always take the shorter distance races as serious as they should.

I’ll keep this short and to the point this week; you have to get open water swim training in before your race. And don’t just do it once either.

The first open water swim that you do merely serves to point out how different it is to swim in the lake versus a pool. And it also helps you figure out what things you are going to want to change.

I can’t say that there is a set number of swims that you should get in, but you should do enough so that you start to feel comfortable in the lake.

On race day, swimming in crowd in the lake, with your adrenaline going is still going to be a whole different animal. But at least you’ll be used to the lake environment.

And now it’s time to start looking forward to next weekend…
Tri-ing for Children’s is Sunday and I’m as ready as I can.

Later,
John W.
A Clydesdale in training