I was back in the GSL yesterday for a short 1-1/2 mile swim. I wanted to go further but Josh was delayed helping Rachael change a flat tire on the freeway. The water was 68.5 degrees in the marina and as always is cold getting in. I swam out tohru the marina to the red bouy and chatted with Josh and waited for Etsuko to catch up to us. I have not been in the water as much as I have wanted to because of work so this week is the get your butt in gear week for me so that I can taper for the GSLOW race a week from Saturday. Josh and I swam the 1 mile bouy route while Etsuko swam from the red bouy to the white and back. I used to be able to keep up with Josh but like I said my training has suffered from lack of being in the water. as I was swimming I noticed somthing that I dont normally see the BOTTOM. I was neet to see the sands and the rock formations on the bottom of the GSL. In the channel where the sailboats go out you could see where the boats had scraped the bottom and made their mark. we got done and back to the red bouy and decided to swim to the white bouy and back into the marina. Josh beet me to the bouy and had his camera out and snapped a few pictures. we chatted for a bit and I stated that I would be intrested in doing another open water race at Echo if someone were to help. Josh said he would help so I guess I will start getting information on putting on a race next year. here are the pictures that Josh took. Total swim 1.5 miles roughly
I am serious about helping you with a race at Echo. Between Gordon, Jim and I, we have a lot of things in place already that would make it relatively easy to add another race (or two).
ReplyDeleteThats the thing Josh, I am serrious as well. after the rush of the next week or so I will layout a plan to move forward with this.
ReplyDeleteAWESOME!! I've got tons of ideas for other races, but I am going to start looking into doing a shorter one (about 1 mile) geared towards beginners and triathletes for next year.
ReplyDeleteI will probably remember this day's swim for a long time. It was my sixth swim at the Great Salt Lake and I was getting frustrated that I had never made it to the Blackrock. I thought I would finally do it that day but when I swam out the marina and looked at the Blackrock, it seemed soooooooo so far away (and it is far away), I gave up. I didn't know swimming in an open water was this hard and swimming in the Great Salt Lake was beyond my imagination. I admire the swimmers who swim there for miles and miles. On the race day I'm not planning to come out of the water until I get to that rock. Please save my food!
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