Alright, so I have only done one 70.3 (Oceanside back in April) and I swam 37:25, but I was expecting to swim around 35 minutes. I did a few tests prior to Oceanside, mind you they were in the pool, and I swam 2100 scy in 32:40, but I still ended up swimming 37:25 in Oceanside, which is about 10s per yard slower than my pool time. I am not a bad navigator, as you can see from my GPS data here:
The questions I have for you, the guy swimming around 32-35 minutes for a salt-water, wetsuit legal swim are:
1.- What do you usually swim on a HIM race?
2.- How long have you been swimming?
3.- How many swims/yards a week do you do?
4.- What can you rep in a 20x100 with 10s rest?
I'm just trying to figure out if my pool fitness is still not enough to swim in that range, or if my open water skills are lacking significantly. I can do a 20x100 leaving on the 1:40, landing most of them around 1:31-1:32 and not be fully gassed by the end.
The questions I have for you, the guy swimming around 32-35 minutes for a salt-water, wetsuit legal swim are:
1.- What do you usually swim on a HIM race?
2.- How long have you been swimming?
3.- How many swims/yards a week do you do?
4.- What can you rep in a 20x100 with 10s rest?
I'm just trying to figure out if my pool fitness is still not enough to swim in that range, or if my open water skills are lacking significantly. I can do a 20x100 leaving on the 1:40, landing most of them around 1:31-1:32 and not be fully gassed by the end.