Sunday morning at The Shores
Met up at The Shores at 8:30 am for one last long swim since we are now starting our taper to Vineman. The day started out as what it has become typical of late — overcast skies and coolish temperatures. Only a few of us showed up to brave the morning after the long 4th of July celebrations.
The conditions were pretty good. Not very much chop and gentle swells. We made our way to the water and initially it felt a bit cool. Soon we were making our way to the 1/2 mile buoy as our goal as to swim at least a mile.
I was able to get into a decent rhythm and it was nice to be out in the water. Though I am not a fast swimmer, I as able to keep a decent pace all the way to the marker. Once we reached the 1/2 mile marker, we decided to go to the 1/4 mile marker — which is 1/4 mile out from The Cove — for a distance out of 3/4 of a mile or so.
The sun came out just as we started on the leg back and it made the swim very pleasant. 700 or so strokes later and I was back on The Shores. With that extra 1/2 mile of distance, we ended up swimming longer than race distance and I was happy that I felt pretty good overall.
