Transcendental Triathletes? http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/10/02/travel/escapes/02walden.html
Wonderful place to swim, by the way.
Transcendental Triathletes? http://travel.nytimes.com/...scapes/02walden.html
Wonderful place to swim, by the way.
“If a man does not keep pace with his companions, then perhaps he hears the beat of a different drummer.” At least that’s what I tell myself when I get passed by fat people in the pool. My swimming drummer is depressed and in no rush.
An Air Force triathlete we met at the armed forces tri hosted a bunch of USMC runners once year for Boston and the day before the race he took us for a bit of a run in this area. He said once it warmed up, that was the only place he swam. Two 4K workouts a week and he was good for a mid-18s 1500m swim in the 55 degree water of Point Mugu. If only he could have run a bit faster he might have beaten Mike Hagen for the Armed Forces championship …
Chad
Back in the 80s when I lived in Boston, and long before triathlon was in my vocabulary, I used to ride my old ten speed out to Walden, swim for an hour, then ride back. A primitive kind of duathlon, I guess. I never once saw anyone in a wetsuit.
“If a man does not keep pace with his companions, then perhaps he hears the beat of a different drummer.”
“Or perhaps he is just a weirdo”
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Back in the 80s when I lived in Boston, and long before triathlon was in my vocabulary, I used to ride my old ten speed out to Walden, swim for an hour, then ride back. A primitive kind of duathlon, I guess. I never once saw anyone in a wetsuit.
I envy people with the ability to do that outside of the summer months. I’ve tried doing a couple of laps of Walden without a wetsuit in April and in October and both times my body became so numb on the way back that I had trouble moving. Took me half an hour to stop shivering.
“If a man does not keep pace with his companions, then perhaps he hears the beat of a different drummer.”
“Or perhaps he is just a weirdo”
Or in the case of my swimming, “drowning in a controlled manner.”
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Borrowing a state park parking pass is a form of theft.
Henry would not approve.
At that time of day you don’t need one anyway.