Open Water Swim

I did my first open water swim this year at Hippie Hollow yesterday after work. The water was not too choppy, but it definitely is a difference from the pool. I managed to get a couple of mouth fulls of water when my face got hit while trying to breath - but no big problem.

Both Jennifer and Meredith swim faster than me, but Jfer stuck to my side most of the time while Meredith surged ahead - colliding head on with another swimmer at one point. I don't know the total distance we swam - Jennifer and Meredith think it was over 800m. I'll need to pace myself better on Saturday to not run out of breath as quickly. Beside that, it shouldn't be too bad.

I haven't been to Hippie Hollow in quite some time and I had never seen the lake this high - the water is still a little murky after all the flooding. The high lake volume completely changes the shore line. Since we got there close to 7pm, there weren't many people out there - I think there were actually more open water swimmers than nudists.