Wasn't focusing on time, just to finish. Hardest part was navigating, there was no sense of scale or even of motion. So many times I looked ahead and realized I had started going backwards/in circles. Bought myself a buoy for visibility and it also worked to take a break midway through the lake :) although the wind was so strong that during the break it moved me back quite a bit. All in all I was surprised my arms were able to keep up.
Also I'm not a swimmer and the last time I swam maybe 10 laps of a 25 metre pool was like 4 years ago. Pretty happy overall and intend to get decent times for 1.9km (half ironman, baby!).
Total time was 56 minutes, which is ridiculously slow, but my excuse is that I literally have never trained for this plus headwind. No wetsuit yet, curious to see how much it affects speed.
Also, cheated a bit by using a snorkel, didn't want to mentally burn myself out by having to take breathing into account for such a long swim at the mercy of the elements. Since my arms were able to do it, I'll ditch the snorkel for the next one.
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