http://luckyslakeswim.com/Woke up early Friday morning for my first open water swim with some of my athletes at Lucky's Lake in Orlando. We started at 6:30am, thus it was still dark and somewhat intimidating. Upon entering the water, there was a submerged alligator, about 4 feet away, and after a split second realized he wasn't real. But in my half awake state, the darkness, and with the realistic appearance, I did jump!
The approximate 500m crossings were great. The still air, the flat water, and the darkness made for a surreal experience; like swimming in a black hole (like I would know what that would be like). Then things started to get challenging as I haven't swum in about 10 weeks.
I swam with Nic Tautiva to protect him from natures wrath. Then he ventured on his own to complete the challenging workout. He descended his crossings to 6:18.3!
Another MBE athlete, Adam Gathman emerged from the darkness as we had just missed him at the start.
I'm looking forward to next week, when I get more athletes out there for some fun in the darkness amongst the gators.
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