Last Minute Race Added
I’ve been blogging about my swimming woes since I started on this road to Kona. The JerseyMan I like to think was getting the cobwebs out of my system. Black Bear was considerably better. My trip to Daytona finally gave me some insight into how to swim properly and my swim leg at the Philly Insurance Triathlon was my best yet. However, I feel I need ONE more open water swim before going to England. So, in my infinite wisdom, I signed up for a 3 mile open water swim this weekend. Not sure how up to it I’ll be considering I have a 120 mile bike ride the day before.
Open Water Swimming has been a process
3 miles is a little less than 5000 meters which was scheduled for me anyway, as this is the hardest week of my training program. The Ironman is a 2.4 mile swim so this will be a good over training distance. If swam well, I think I’ll go into Ironman UK really confident. My goal time for Ironman UK is under 1 hour 20min., so what would be an acceptable swimming time for this race?
My Black Bear pace would have put me at a 1 hour 26 minute Ironman finish and 1 hour 48 minute finish time for this 3 mile race. I’m stronger for sure; and a bit more technically sound. I’ll go ahead and shoot for a 1 hour 40 minute finish as a goal.