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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Just my two cents worth. I really like swimming with a wetsuit. Where I live the water is always cold. Without a wetsuit I would freeze my caboose off. With one on I can swim further faster longer than without one. At the end of the day I had a great workout and more fun than you can imagine with a wetsuit on anyway. Just don't get the debate over this issue. Do you scoffers use a cell phone? Shame on you! You should use rotary dial phones if you are really true to yourselves. Oh and don't bother filling that antibiotic scrip next time you get an infection........
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Spudfin
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Just my two cents worth. I really like swimming with a wetsuit. Where I live the water is always cold. Without a wetsuit I would freeze my caboose off. With one on I can swim further faster longer than without one. At the end of the day I had a great workout and more fun than you can imagine with a wetsuit on anyway. Just don't get the debate over this issue. Do you scoffers use a cell phone? Shame on you! You should use rotary dial phones if you are really true to yourselves. Oh and don't bother filling that antibiotic scrip next time you get an infection........
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Spudfin
