OK I am lying, I have it right here! I just though it would be nice to start this thread off early so we can all get a jump on the 2009 griping and complaining!
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I don't understand it when people come on here saying they haven't received their copy when it isn't even the month of publication yet.
I don't understand when people complain about it anyhow...
9/10 if its late its down to USPS...they're the real enemy! :D
Got my mag, thank you, and read the Selby letter. He raises a legitimate issue. I've done dozens of open water swims in the past 20 years and some of them are poorly run. It's just not smart to to have a few hundred swimmers hitting 10-foot faces in Southern California or sub 55-degree water in the Bay Area, especially without an adequate rescue presence. Personally, I like rough conditions, cold water and don't want to wear a wetsuit. But if it's much under 60 degrees, I know I'll start to slide into hypothermia, so I stay out. Too many swimmers seem to believe that it's a matter of toughness. It's not. Wetsuits should either be mandatory below a certain temperature - I vote for 60 - or there needs to be a lot of rescuers monitoring the race with the authority to pull out those who get in trouble whether they like it or not.
