Great job on your race, sounds like a lot of fun.
Some trivia: I swam on the same age-group team with siblings Brian and Jill Benda when I was in high school in Raleigh, though Brian was pretty young at the time. I believe Jill was supposed to do the Bay Swim this year; her married name is Countie. (She was a drop-dead sprinter in college, though.)
Here's my trivia: Bruce Brockschmidt and I swam on the same team for most of our age group years in Virginia -- he NEVER did distance back then. Back in the early 2000s, I caught a few of his Masters workouts with Jersey Wahoos ... the guy is a machine. Rob and I swam at Texas together, but I don't think he competed in races over the 500. These two guys are cranking in OW ... puts my former d-man self to shame. I'm hoping to get in for the swim next year and catch a great draft off Bruce & Rob. Chris, if you're there, my expectation is that you'll provide additional "draft leadership" to help me get through this.
Great job on your race, sounds like a lot of fun.
Some trivia: I swam on the same age-group team with siblings Brian and Jill Benda when I was in high school in Raleigh, though Brian was pretty young at the time. I believe Jill was supposed to do the Bay Swim this year; her married name is Countie. (She was a drop-dead sprinter in college, though.)
Here's my trivia: Bruce Brockschmidt and I swam on the same team for most of our age group years in Virginia -- he NEVER did distance back then. Back in the early 2000s, I caught a few of his Masters workouts with Jersey Wahoos ... the guy is a machine. Rob and I swam at Texas together, but I don't think he competed in races over the 500. These two guys are cranking in OW ... puts my former d-man self to shame. I'm hoping to get in for the swim next year and catch a great draft off Bruce & Rob. Chris, if you're there, my expectation is that you'll provide additional "draft leadership" to help me get through this.
