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. . .
I hadn't seen those pictures in a while. What a freakin day! It was my first go at a marathon swim, kicked my ass and I haven't had the nerve to try another one.
I think these pictures tell the story of the day.
Picture 1 is the late and great Dave Parcells being swamped by a wave
Picture 2 is another showing the white caps that were out that day.
We took off and after an hour or so started the big turn around Pinellas point and right into a stiff northerly wind that was fetching up waves across a huge expanse of the bay. My hats off to the guys who made it the whole way. I bailed after 4 and a half hours of getting tossed around and getting seasick.
What made me think about body type and long distance swimming were these photos I came across. They show Marcos Diaz (an amazing swimming) who has very little body fat and was pulled from the Tampa Bay Marathon in '05 due to hypothermia vs. the overall winner Forrest Nelson who has a different body type from Diaz.
www.distancematters.com/.../3nelson2.jpgwww.distancematters.com/.../1diaz.jpg
I hadn't seen those pictures in a while. What a freakin day! It was my first go at a marathon swim, kicked my ass and I haven't had the nerve to try another one.
I think these pictures tell the story of the day.
Picture 1 is the late and great Dave Parcells being swamped by a wave
Picture 2 is another showing the white caps that were out that day.
We took off and after an hour or so started the big turn around Pinellas point and right into a stiff northerly wind that was fetching up waves across a huge expanse of the bay. My hats off to the guys who made it the whole way. I bailed after 4 and a half hours of getting tossed around and getting seasick.
What made me think about body type and long distance swimming were these photos I came across. They show Marcos Diaz (an amazing swimming) who has very little body fat and was pulled from the Tampa Bay Marathon in '05 due to hypothermia vs. the overall winner Forrest Nelson who has a different body type from Diaz.
www.distancematters.com/.../3nelson2.jpgwww.distancematters.com/.../1diaz.jpg
