POST- LOCKDOWN RACING
How to race in open water with no training.
By Simon Griffiths
INITIALLY, IT MIGHT FEEL AMAZING. BUT YOU WILL TIRE FAST. FORGET RACING
Photography: Katia Vastiau
The pathway out of lockdown is still unclear. What will be allowed and when, is unknown. But, at some point, we will be able to race again. Now commercially open water swimming venues are able to offer socially-distanced swimming, small events, possibly with adaptations such as using time-trial formats, may be next. Big, mass start events will be further down the line. There may also be options, perhaps soon, to organise solo open water swimming challenges.
However things work out, if we do get the opportunity to do any open water races or long distances swimming challenges in 2020, most of us will be ill-prepared for them. And this raises the question of how we should tackle them, and even if we should race at all.