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Haha. I laughed out loud at the package comment.
1.2 miles is a good workout, especially into that current!! It's amazing what a strong current does to your swimming, it really is like swimming uphill or on a treadmill. I imagine one of those endless pools.
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Thread: 2nd OWS: 1.2 miles. Yay!
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08-22-2009, 06:34 PM #1
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2nd OWS: 1.2 miles. Yay!
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I swam at Zuma today and it was the most amazingly beautiful day at a Southern California beach. Zuma is known for rip tides and nasty currents, so I chose to wear my zoomers in case I got into trouble. The surf was small- 1.5-3' when I got in the water and pretty glassy, but boy there was strong SW swell. I chose to swim up the coast and that was pretty fast! I started at tower 9 and swam up past tower 13, a little over .5 mile away. The swim back took a long time partly because of the swell, and also because I would hit areas of rip current and it would be like swimming on a treadmill. It was pretty funny, I would take about 25 strokes and look over and see the same lifeguard tower in the same spot. That's where the fins came in handy, I decided to kick out of there, but I did notice my calves were almost cramping when I got in from wearing the fins so long. (Even though I didn't kick much.) The really cool thing was I could hear dolphins underwater. I couldn't see them until I was on the shore, there was a big pod of about eight animals swimming 500 yards off shore. That was sweet!
Alas, I was swimming alone, and did not have the opportunity to grab anyones' "package."
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08-22-2009, 07:28 PM #2
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08-22-2009, 08:56 PM #3
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You really should try swimming with others and grabbing a package or two...
Seriously- your second OWS and you swam a half iron distance? Impressive to say the least!
Sounds like it was good swim- and how cool is that to hear dolphins in the water? I'm immensely jealous (but certainly not of the rip currents and waves).
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08-24-2009, 04:54 PM #4
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Wow what a great experience! I am so jealous! You sound like it is so natural to swim. I feel like I am learning a new language.
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08-25-2009, 04:34 AM #5
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WOW....nice swim. I think that is the key, to enjoy it. I am just not there yet!
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08-25-2009, 06:55 PM #6
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FBG, you are too funny!
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08-25-2009, 08:18 PM #7
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I have always looooved the ocean. But only in the play in the waves, body-surfing sort of way. Now that I learned how to really swim, it's like heaven.
Funny, if I had never been in a car accident I never would have gotten in a pool for recovery. Life's tragedies can be turned into blessings.
