SwimRun Lake James
- 3.2 -miles of open water swimming, 15.2-miles of trail running
- 18.4 miles total
- 6:07:08
- aveHR 139
- maxHR 150
Our second year of SwimRun Lake James and we went in with a bit more confidence with the weather and terrain. Last year had water temps at 56 degrees along with air temps at the same 56 degrees. This year the race was moved back 2 weeks which saw an increase in water temps to 64 degrees but the air temps dropped to between 45-51 degrees from the strong thunderstorms that came through the day/night before. The course start/finished changed to a local brewery along with an increase in trail running of 2 miles, which was nice. Everything else remained the same as last year. We did have stronger 15-20 mph winds this year and they created a direct headwind and lake chop on the 2 longer swims. While I enjoyed the added challenge and fun that this created, it fried me for the second half of the course swimming. I went from 2:09/100yds. down to 3:11/100yds swimming between the 2 longer swim legs 0.75-mile and 1-mile. Still a great time and experience had by all. We finished 9th out of 19 co-ed teams.
- 3.2 -miles of open water swimming, 15.2-miles of trail running
- 18.4 miles total
- 6:07:08
- aveHR 139
- maxHR 150
Our second year of SwimRun Lake James and we went in with a bit more confidence with the weather and terrain. Last year had water temps at 56 degrees along with air temps at the same 56 degrees. This year the race was moved back 2 weeks which saw an increase in water temps to 64 degrees but the air temps dropped to between 45-51 degrees from the strong thunderstorms that came through the day/night before. The course start/finished changed to a local brewery along with an increase in trail running of 2 miles, which was nice. Everything else remained the same as last year. We did have stronger 15-20 mph winds this year and they created a direct headwind and lake chop on the 2 longer swims. While I enjoyed the added challenge and fun that this created, it fried me for the second half of the course swimming. I went from 2:09/100yds. down to 3:11/100yds swimming between the 2 longer swim legs 0.75-mile and 1-mile. Still a great time and experience had by all. We finished 9th out of 19 co-ed teams.
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