I see that the 1st USMS 25K National Championship will be held in Noblesville, IN on July 19. Anyone planning to do this? Sounds sort of crazy. But. . . could be fun to try provided the training is there. . .
Husband just walked by and I mentioned I wanted to *maybe* do this. His response was, "Don't I provide enough for you?"
If only he knew the swimmer's mind. . .
Typically the race organizers will assist swimmers in locating kayakers and kayaks. And often they will make arrangements with a local canoe and kayak club to find volunteers for swimmers in need. However, it is usually the responsibility of the swimmer to line up their escort craft or else it is included as part of a much larger entry fee.
And older swimmers have every right to participate in this event.
I did not notice on the entry form that race organizers will assist in locating kayakers, but maybe I missed it. A suggestion might be to add at least $100 dollars to the entry to provide for kayakers (who possibly would be willing to kayak for free donating it to a local charity). I think the suggestion that finding kayakers willing and able to go that far is a very real problem.
While my comment about old people swimming that far was meant to be humor (I'm pretty sure young swimmers do not even read this forum), I think 25K may be getting into dangerous territory for general masters swimming as it involves 6-10 hours of endurance (if you bonk running or biking you can stop, while in swimming, you may sink gracefully to the bottom hoping for good visibility and the chance to swoop your butt off the reservoir floor). Since I have no real experience in swimming that far, however, I will defer to the experts. :drown:
Typically the race organizers will assist swimmers in locating kayakers and kayaks. And often they will make arrangements with a local canoe and kayak club to find volunteers for swimmers in need. However, it is usually the responsibility of the swimmer to line up their escort craft or else it is included as part of a much larger entry fee.
And older swimmers have every right to participate in this event.
I did not notice on the entry form that race organizers will assist in locating kayakers, but maybe I missed it. A suggestion might be to add at least $100 dollars to the entry to provide for kayakers (who possibly would be willing to kayak for free donating it to a local charity). I think the suggestion that finding kayakers willing and able to go that far is a very real problem.
While my comment about old people swimming that far was meant to be humor (I'm pretty sure young swimmers do not even read this forum), I think 25K may be getting into dangerous territory for general masters swimming as it involves 6-10 hours of endurance (if you bonk running or biking you can stop, while in swimming, you may sink gracefully to the bottom hoping for good visibility and the chance to swoop your butt off the reservoir floor). Since I have no real experience in swimming that far, however, I will defer to the experts. :drown:
