open water

so i have been pondering doing the 10k "Horsetooth Swim" coming up this august. i definitely know how far 10,000 meters is. the goal will be a time. i'd really like to shoot for the 2 hour mark, but that's only 10 minutes off the olympic gold time. it's also 5 minutes faster than the record for the USMS 25-29 age group. so i could definitely be biting off more than i can chew. but we'll see how it goes. i can remember doing 100s on 1:15 in high school, no problem. be under 2 hours, i'd have to sustain a 1:20 pace . . . for 100 of them. in open water, no flip turns, and at a much lower temperature than the pool.

so who knows, i might be dreaming. but that's where i'm aiming at the moment. hopefully i'll be able to find some information about how to train for such and extreme distance. and how to deal with the exposure.

jennissa is excited about it. she's just happy that i'm working out. i don't think she realizes how lean swimmers are. but perhaps she and rocket can be my support boat for the race.