On Sunday afternoon after I got off work, I went home just long enough to change clothes before heading out to meet my BAM buddies at Twin Lakes. I’ve known about the place forever, but never actually took a trip out there. As much as I know that open water swim practice is worthwhile, 1) it’s a 30-minute drive, absolute minimum, to get there and 2) I don’t actually like open water very much. It’s not that I don’t trust my swimming ability, but rather something about not being able to see, not knowing what’s below me in the murk, mud, and FISH. Ew. I’m just not a huge open water fan.
But it was fun to finally make it out there. There were tons of people out enjoying the brilliantly sunny day. There are picnic tables and grills (at least I assume so, since I smelled grilling) and multiple docks to jump in from. Some parts of the lake are very deep, but other parts were so shallow we had to wade through the muck to continue swimming. It would be a great place for a group get-together and/or picnic.
Anyway, I ended up swimming two laps around the perimeter of the lake, which I estimate to be about 1800 meters, in 42 minutes. It was my longest swim workout in a few weeks, so I definitely needed it. My arms were even a little sore yesterday. After the swim I sat around on the dock for a while talking tri and enjoying the day. It won’t be my last visit to Twin Lakes.
dude, seriously?
Katy and I were there Sunday afternoon too.
Whoa! I was there from about 3:30 until 5:30, in the water from about 3:45 until 4:30 then talking on the dock.
Yes, fish, ewww. I remember when I was a child at the beach and the realization dawned on me that there were fish in there with me. It kind of lost its attraction after that.
Crazy! You went way farther than we did though. Let’s go back…and actually go together!