This is the first weekend of spring training in Dover Harbor - where channel swimming aspirants will begin to acclimate to swimming in cold water. The water temperature in Dover Harbor was 49F and everyone did two 15 minute swims on Saturday - I haven't heard yet about Sunday's swims.
In honor of this, I did the first "long" swim of my training for my one-way English Channel swim in July of 2007 - 4 miles in the ocean off of La Jolla. I've decided to ease into this gradually. The first two-mile lap from the Cove to the lifeguard tower at the Shores and back I did alone, and my fast-swimming friends Heather and Ruthy from the pool joined me for the second lap. Next time I will do it the other way around and start out with the girls and finish by myself. The sun came out during the second lap and the ocean temperature hovered around 58F - it's hard to call this "training" - we all agreed it was more like fun!!!
In honor of this, I did the first "long" swim of my training for my one-way English Channel swim in July of 2007 - 4 miles in the ocean off of La Jolla. I've decided to ease into this gradually. The first two-mile lap from the Cove to the lifeguard tower at the Shores and back I did alone, and my fast-swimming friends Heather and Ruthy from the pool joined me for the second lap. Next time I will do it the other way around and start out with the girls and finish by myself. The sun came out during the second lap and the ocean temperature hovered around 58F - it's hard to call this "training" - we all agreed it was more like fun!!!
