Running!? My goal the last time I ran was to be able to run at least half the distance that I swam in one go the previous week. It didn't happen. It made me feel like a mere mortal again. Would not recommend it to others.
I realized that out of the countless OW swims that I've done, I don't think I've ever swum in a river! That makes sense about the wind being against the current. I definitely agree that the second lap was better. I wasn't sure if it had gotten calmer or if I was just used to it at that point.
Originally Posted by slknight I'm curious about what you thought of the swells/chop going south as compared to other swims that you've done? I thought it was pretty rough. I'll try to post some pictures tonight. I associate the kind of frequent slappy swells we had on Saturday with river swimming, or in parts of the ocean where there is strong current. I think those were wind-against-current waves we were dealing with on the south-bound sections, where the wind was blowing north while the river was flowing south. It seemed a little easier on the second lap to me, or at least more organized, with a more predictable bounciness, I think because the current was changing to the same direction as the wind by then. Did it to you? The roughest swim I've done was the 10K swim out at Coney Island, in 2011--the same one that you came down for last year that got cancelled. It's often very calm out at Brighton/Coney, but that day was very windy and I got slapped and spun around by the water quite a bit. The last bit of Ederle that year was also choppy. But this one was definitely rough and ranks up there--it helped that those stretches were relatively short and interspersed with easier swimming! I'll look forward to the pics!
Originally Posted by andrewmalinak That sounds lovely. I wish I could have made it. Next year, I need to arrange my life better to accommodate more Hudson River swims. I'm all for that! But at least your record is safe, at least for another year.
I'm curious about what you thought of the swells/chop going south as compared to other swims that you've done? I thought it was pretty rough. I'll try to post some pictures tonight.
That sounds lovely. I wish I could have made it. Next year, I need to arrange my life better to accommodate more Hudson River swims.
I'm so glad to have caught the end of that swim. Also, glad to have missed hitting the wall like that.
Originally Posted by ourswimmer ooh, I gave myself a concussion that way once. I had a headache for a few days. Watch out! I did that once too, in a width-wise course that I didn't realize lacked flags. This collision wasn't nearly as bad--no lasting pain or other symptoms, thank goodness!
ooh, I gave myself a concussion that way once. I had a headache for a few days. Watch out!
Originally Posted by slknight If there is another tornado, I'm fairly certain I'll be banned from any future OW swims. When I went to Bermuda last October, they had to shorten the 10K to a 5K because of a hurricane. I seem to have a storm cloud that follows me... Ha! Now I'll know who to blame any bad weather on! Bring the friends, but leave the storms behind, please.
If there is another tornado, I'm fairly certain I'll be banned from any future OW swims. When I went to Bermuda last October, they had to shorten the 10K to a 5K because of a hurricane. I seem to have a storm cloud that follows me...
Originally Posted by slknight That book looks really interesting! I've added it and the similar one to my Amazon wishlist. The ocean is still quite cold here. Most days it's not over 50 yet. The ponds/lakes are barely in the mid-50s as well. This time last year, we were in the ocean. Some friends and I are coming down for the 2 Bridges Swim. We will see you there. Woohoo! I'm glad I'll get to see you Saturday. Hope we can manage a tornado-free experience for you this time around! I think the Hudson is already warming up nicely.
Originally Posted by ekw I took a quick look at that cookbook when I was at the public library not long ago, but I think I'll have to check it out and take a fuller look. Im not sure how useful it will be to everyday life--but it's certainly very beautifully photographed, and fun to flip through (and that's st least half the point of cookbooks, no?) And, if you end up doing StS next year, you'll have more than plenty of ideas for fun feeds--and will be the envy of all the other swimmers there!
That book looks really interesting! I've added it and the similar one to my Amazon wishlist. The ocean is still quite cold here. Most days it's not over 50 yet. The ponds/lakes are barely in the mid-50s as well. This time last year, we were in the ocean. Some friends and I are coming down for the 2 Bridges Swim. We will see you there.
I took a quick look at that cookbook when I was at the public library not long ago, but I think I'll have to check it out and take a fuller look.
Geek arguments can be pretty funny.
Originally Posted by pwb I love it when math and swimming come together. Prime numbers are great for devising sets, but even more magical for ages. I always make sure to remind my daughters when they are in the 'Prime' of their life. I saw and loved the photo op pic on FB. That was a prime picture. Originally Posted by ekw Thanks! It was such a fun morning! My husband thinks that swimmers develop good math skills because of all the complicated sets we do--he claims that runners (his sport) would just be befuddled and amazed by all the various intervals and distances involved. I know as a kid I used to calculate what percentage of a set I had done after each repeat or each lap, and other masters swimmers have admitted that they still do this.
Originally Posted by andrewmalinak Oh I miss you guys. Save me a spot in your lane the week after Memorial Day? Woohoo! Absolutely, we'll save you a spot. Can't wait to see you and hear all about your upcoming great swim adventure!
Originally Posted by pool tourist Triangular? Triangular! Triangle numbers are generated by adding 1+ 2 + 3 + . . ., up to however high you want to go. So yesterday's set should have had 8 sprints in it (1,3,6,10,15,21,28,36), with progressively more rest in between each. But I only came up with the sprinting idea on #6, so I missed the first two. (They're called triangular because they are the number of dots you can use to form a filled-in equilateral triangle--think marbles on a Chinese checkers board--the same way squares are called squares because they're the number of dots you can use to form a filled-in square. The sequence is probably more familiar to swimmers as the totals of increasingly longer pyramid sets.)
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