I heard from Dick Sidner,  the race director for this years race, that we have over 30 entries in for the 10K  Nationals.  This is great news with it being so early in the season.   If you havent sent your entry in there is still plenty of time but the time clock is ticking away for time to start getting ready.    As I said in my  initial post “So you want to be a Marathon Swimmer”  April is still a good time to continue on with your base training and get yourself ready for ramping up your distance.     Personally what I did this week is I got three open water swims in.  5K  for each.  Water temp was an awesome 62 – 66 degree.  Water temp at the Morse Reservoir  can vary a lot this time of the year with temperature swinging  6 – 8 degrees in a 24 hour period.  Reason for this are the cool nights that dip into the mid 40s and afternoon temps can bump up to upper 60 and low 70s.  In addition to the open water swims I kept my pool swimming at 4K  with a lot of interval training.   100s, 200s, 300s, 400s, 500s and 1000s.   

It has been so good to be back outside and not have to flip turn!

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