The open water discussion has been a little boring lately so time to add some controversy. The above quote was affixed to a plaque my swimmers gave me when I retired as Head Coach of the University of Denver Masters Swim Team. Yes, they knew where I stood on the subject. Others share my view. In my day job as a stock broker I came across an article in the Wall Street Journal “Wimp or Triathlete, You Probably Like That New Wetsuit" by Kevin Helliker, published on September 24, 1999. In it were several memorable quotes on the subject. "How pathetic, says Betsy Brennan a Lake Michigan swimmer" "When I see people in wetsuits, I think: wimp." Another Chicagoan Ted Erikson, who did a double crossing of the English Channel without a wetsuit, said on the increasingly use of wetsuit by swimmers in Lake Michigan. "I ask them, 'Why don't you just get a boat? Boats have heaters.”:D
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The greeks didn't swim in the anicent olympics but they were in the nude in the track events and the wresting events. They did swim in the ocean since they were or are a seafaring people. As if they swam naked all the time I'm uncertain of that. The Japanese were the first to have swimming contests back around the 2nd century before the common era. Whether the Japanese swam naked in races I'm uncertain of that too.
The greeks didn't swim in the anicent olympics but they were in the nude in the track events and the wresting events. They did swim in the ocean since they were or are a seafaring people. As if they swam naked all the time I'm uncertain of that. The Japanese were the first to have swimming contests back around the 2nd century before the common era. Whether the Japanese swam naked in races I'm uncertain of that too.
