For those of you who have done the Chris Greene and other cable swims, is there a time designated for warm-up? I was looking over the meet information but it didn't mention a warm-up period.
What are people's thoughts on the Chris Greene swim?
Did you get beat by Geek? That would make me put a bag over my whole body.
I'm seriously thinking about doing this race, mostly for the opportunity to skewer you with my elbows and knees at the start. jroddin is pretty spindly as well. We might get you between the two of us and filet you like a mud river catfish.
CGL is an easy drive for those in the Washington DC area. I've done this swim many times over the past 15 years. It is always a very organized and well run event. This year if I go I imagine I'll have to swim with a bag over my head to hide the humiliation from last year's race...:bow:
Last year may not have turned out as well, but a 25-year-old Jeff Roddin was the overall winner way back in 1994!
www.vaswim.org/.../
That was 3 years after a young Rob Copeland won the race...
Last year may not have turned out as well, but a 25-year-old Jeff Roddin was the overall winner way back in 1994!
www.vaswim.org/.../
That was 3 years after a young Rob Copeland won the race...I would've swum the age grouper version of this back in the early 80s. Cool to see this list and recall some folks like Bernadino (what's his excuse these days for not racing in his backyard), Andrew Wren (he was an older guy on my age group team when I was a pup) and I believe Perry Lange was a coach of a team somewhere down in the Va Beach area ... maybe Coast Guard Blue Dolphins?
Geek, the lake and the race was great 30 years ago. I can't imagine it's changed much (does anything change in central Virginia?).
Last year may not have turned out as well, but a 25-year-old Jeff Roddin was the overall winner way back in 1994!
www.vaswim.org/.../
That was 3 years after a young Rob Copeland won the race...
I noticed the winning time from 1994 is practically the slowest in the history of the event. I think there were strong currents and swells and a nasty riptide that year! :bump:
I suppose with the cable running along the surface this wouldn't be as much of a concern, but I was wondering if colliding with swimmers going the opposite direction would be a problem if the cable is submerged? I think the new course in Oregon is similar to Lake Placid in that the cable is submerged.
I'm seriously thinking about doing this race, mostly for the opportunity to skewer you with my elbows and knees at the start. jroddin is pretty spindly as well. We might get you between the two of us and filet you like a mud river catfish.
Do you honestly think that your straw sized elbows and hands will have any impact through my fur?
