The Community Answers “What is Your Current Preferred Open Water Swim Distance?”
Each week, we ask the open water swimming community a question and share their responses with you here on the Odyssey Open Water Swimming blog. Recently, we asked swimmers two questions:
What is your favorite style of swim and why?
What is your current preferred open water swim distance?
The responses we received to “what is your favorite style of swim and why” included:
“I really enjoy breaststroke pull and kick followed by a butterfly kick. It’s surprisingly powerful in open water.” - @suz_orange
“Splashy & trashy.” - @albert3kelly
We received more engagement when asking about swimmer’s preferred open water distance. Here are the responses we received:
“Depends on the water temp and quality .” - Rebecca
“2 miles is the sweet spot for me, although longer is nice as the waters warm through summer.” - Suzanne M.
“One mile of 1.5 miles.” - Eric See
“4000M.” - Aristides M.
“Two thousand yards, but sometimes the more the merrier.” - Shon J.
“3 miles. And 1 Mile.” - @velo_pacific_
“Magic mile.” - @ultraheidi
“1 mile!” - @pollyannacowgirl
“2 miles. It’s not too short or long but good amount of time in the water.” - @scardenasjr
“5km my first race. 10km” - @lagosstavros
“1.5 miles.” - @henriettatwo
Thank you to all for participating! Speaking of participation, we would love to have you join us for an upcoming Odyssey open water swim. Learn more about our weekly swims and sign up here!