Columbus Open Water Swims

I have been a little MIA recently putting in some solid training volume. I have been prepping for the first series of Columbus Open Water Swims put on by Fat Rabbit Racing. I have done these races for the last couple of years and always have a good time.



There are three events: 1.5K, .75K and 3.0K help on a .75 loop course. There is usually about 15 minutes between events so there is not much recovery time.



Overall, I am happy with my performances. My times improved fairly dramatically (although the conditions were a bit better this year) and I felt strong while not really resting for this event. One thing I am realizing that I need to continue to improve on is making efforts throughout the race to stay with the pack. Surges happen periodically and I need to be ready to react and not lose contact with the lead group.



Here are the results with a comparison to my times from last year. Peace.



2009 2008

1.5K - 19:51 1 .5K - 21:27

.75K - 10:23 .75K - 11:10

3.0K - 41:46 3.0K - 47:49

Battle of the Businesses

Quick post to update on the Battle of the Businesses swimming competition help at the Wright State University Pool on Sunday. Not much of a race but I recently competed in the "Battle of the Businesses" swimming and inner tube competitions. BoB is a fund raising effort for the Special Olympics so everyone is just out for a good time. My team finished 4th in the Swimming Relay and we won the inner tube event (guess that shows were our true skills lie).

BoB has a number of different events throughout the week and I will be competing in the obstacle course, football punt, and soccer dribbling events later in the week. Hopefully I won't pull anything :)