{"id":2801,"date":"2014-05-28T09:00:02","date_gmt":"2014-05-28T13:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/?p=2801"},"modified":"2014-05-28T08:20:58","modified_gmt":"2014-05-28T12:20:58","slug":"more-ows-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/28\/more-ows-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"More OWS Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As much as I didn&#8217;t want to drag myself out of bed early on Monday, I got up and headed to an open water swim practice at Fort Ritchie, which is where I&#8217;m doing my 1500m swim &#8220;race&#8221; this coming weekend as well as a triathlon later this summer.<\/p>\n<p>(Side note &#8211; while driving out there, I realized just how painfully hilly the bike course is going to be.\u00a0 Need to practice that.)<\/p>\n<p>The practice was exactly what I needed.\u00a0 They had a 150m course set up so I swam it ten times, though not without some breaks to chat in between the first few laps.\u00a0 The swimming part isn&#8217;t the hard part for me.\u00a0 The hard part is all mental.\u00a0 I felt like I got comfortable more quickly than I did at my previous OWS, even though the water was equally cold.\u00a0 But I still don&#8217;t love open water.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a little apprehensive about Saturday&#8217;s swim.\u00a0 1500m is far.\u00a0 It&#8217;s actually two 750 loops, where I&#8217;ll have to get out of the water, run on the shore and then get back in, so that&#8217;s a good mental break.\u00a0 And I just need to get out of my head while I swim.\u00a0 I told Liz that one trick I&#8217;ve used is to sing a song in my head, and I just have to get back to that.\u00a0 Time to put on the Frozen soundtrack and make sure I have the entire thing memorized so I can sing it as I swim.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t be surprised if you hear about a woman doing the backstroke while singing Let It Go.\u00a0 (Kidding &#8211; I hate backstroke.)<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s reassuring on some level to know how many people don&#8217;t love open water swims.\u00a0 Somehow, that makes me feel better.\u00a0 I&#8217;m not totally crazy. 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