LOCO SWIMMING

Save the date: Tuesday, April 30.

Let’s make an impression in support of building a new pool in front of Longmont city council.

More info to come….

I’ve posted links to a couple different open water swims lately. But the Cliff Backyard Ultra is the craziest one yet: Swim one 1.5 mile loop each hour. How many hours? Until you decide you don’t want to anymore.

This is the second year for the event. Apparently nobody died last year, so the race organizers thought they would try it again. Race venue is Wellington Lake nearly Bailey, CO. It’s a remote location, so you’re camping when you’re not swimming.

If I wasn’t going to be at a wedding out of state that day, I’d promise to be on your support team. But don’t let that stop you.

Read race info here.

Have you been swimming by yourself? Are the workouts I have been posting on this site not scratching that itch? I ran across this workout generator tool while in search of a new swim drill to try: swimmingworkouts.online. You enter the duration and how intense you want the workout to be  (along with a few other items) and it will generate a customized workout. I don’t know what kind of variety is built in, but sometimes you just need a different source. Give it a try.

Ok, I admit the post I made about the 30+ river swim in North Dakota was kind of extreme. I got email this morning about something much more doable: 2000 meter “downhill” swim through the center of Austin. The only downside I see is that it’s coming up soon: April 28. Need more incentive? It’s a fundraiser for prostate cancer.  Read more about it here.

A new development at Centennial: a crack in the deck! Read about it here:

Concrete repairs to the diving well wall have been completed. New developments have been discovered regarding a crack in the pool deck above the pump room. When cleaning the pool deck, water began pouring into the pump room, from this crack. The Engineer who performed the structural integrity report of the diving well, has been consulted. Work to discover the scope of this situation will begin on February 22, with a repair plan to follow. Estimated timeline for the entire project is 2-4 weeks.

Looks like we’re not getting into Centennial until at least the end of March.