Lake swim race report

There isn't much exciting to report from the race itself.

I prepared well

1. eating a reasonable breakfast reasonably early
2. wearing a swimsuit that I was ready to see turned murky from the algal lake-life
3. packing relatively new goggles with tint and polarization for the long part of the swim into the sun

And I did well!

I was seeded in the fifth wave, which meant that I got run over a bit, but the big pack of wave 6 swimmers didn't catch me until the first turn.

I had Garmin set up to buzz every 10 minutes, so I had a "reset button" to restart my attention to form and the fact that it was a race.

I had grand hopes of a sub-30 finish, but given my history, that would have been a little ridiculous, so instead I was happy when the watch buzzed 30 minutes as I was coming up to the last turn.

Overall, it was my best 1 mile lake swim yet at that venue! Hooray!

2009 - 36:28
2010 - missed signup deadline
2011 -  35:18
2012 - 33:28
2013 - 33:20
2014 - went camping on Memorial Day weekend instead of swimming
2015 - 32:33