Lake Gaston Crossing

Last week was the Lake Gaston 1 mi swim/crossing, a very fun event every year. DAMA put up a huge showing, as shown in this picture:

We all wore DAMA tattoos, very intimidating to our competitors:

I was the overall winner of the race. My time of 20:45 was a good time for an open water mile, and faster than my time last year. I treated the race like a sprint and kept up a strong, fast turnover the whole way. My new emphasis on swimming faster instead of longer for the rest of the year seems to be working. I'm starting to make 1:10 intervals in practice, something I haven't done since high school!

The nice thing about racing in a small town is that since there is not much real news, open water is a big deal! I got interviewed by several area newspapers:

http://www.rrdailyherald.com/articles/2009/08/10/features/doc4a80189dc8034111810619.txt

http://www.vancnews.com/articles/2009/08/13/lake_gaston/news/news50.txt

http://www.littletonobserver.com/#The_Crossing_another_succedful_event_for_the_lake_and_osail

Week 32:

Mon: swim 6600 yds, 1 hr kickboxing, run 3 mi

Tues: swim 5900, 1hr kickboxing, 1 hr boxing

Wed: swim 5400, 1hr kickboxing, run 4mi

Thurs: swim 5400, 1 hr boxing, run 5 mi

Fri: swim 4700, 1 hr kickboxing

Sat: 1 hr boxing, run 5mi

Sun: swim 7000, run 4 mi

Total: swim 35,000 yds, 7 hrboxing/kickboxing, run 21mi

Week 31:

Mon: swim 6500, 1 hr kickboxing, run 3mi

Tues: swim 5200, 1hr boxing, run 5mi

Wed: swim 6100, 1 hr kickboxing, run 3 mi

Thurs: swim 5800, 1 hr boxing, run 5 mi

Fri: swim 4400,1 hr kickboxing

Sat: swim 3800, run 5 mi

Sun: swim 500, hike 2.5 mi, 1 hr boxing, run 3 mi

Total: swim 32,300, 6 hr boxing/kickboxing, run/hike 26.5 mi