Big Shoulders

For the Fort Collins swim, defintely just fly into Denver International. It's roughly an hour and a half away from Fort Collins... depending on traffic, of course. I haven't been in touch with the organizers yet, but I'm thinking about the merits of doing the 2.4 mile distance for that one. After all, it's local. As for the race, I've heard that the water's cold. Personally, I've done open water stuff up in northern Michigan (Harbor Springs Coastal Crawl) so I really doubt it could be too much colder than that! Important things to remember when swimming out here... altitude is definitely a challenge (let me tell you, I love swimming at sea level, the oxygen just makes me giddy), and hydration is a MUST! If you don't drink enough, the altitude thing becomes more of a problem. Oh, yeah, almost forgot sunscreen... between the altitude and the sunny days, you can become a crispy critter pretty darn quickly!

For the Fort Collins swim, defintely just fly into Denver International. It's roughly an hour and a half away from Fort Collins... depending on traffic, of course. I haven't been in touch with the organizers yet, but I'm thinking about the merits of doing the 2.4 mile distance for that one. After all, it's local. As for the race, I've heard that the water's cold. Personally, I've done open water stuff up in northern Michigan (Harbor Springs Coastal Crawl) so I really doubt it could be too much colder than that! Important things to remember when swimming out here... altitude is definitely a challenge (let me tell you, I love swimming at sea level, the oxygen just makes me giddy), and hydration is a MUST! If you don't drink enough, the altitude thing becomes more of a problem. Oh, yeah, almost forgot sunscreen... between the altitude and the sunny days, you can become a crispy critter pretty darn quickly!