Anyone planning on doing the 12.5 mile Swim Around Key West?
Or has anyone done the swim before?
The Race Director Bill Welzien is attempting to swim around Key West once a month for a year. He's posted his race experiences through December 2006 but he's not posted an update since December 2006. I hope he's doing okay.
Still working on getting an escort. . .
Anyway, should be a fun event. I hope to be there even w/ a surgery scheduled for April 30. Doc cleared me and said I could do it - course, we'll see how it goes after the surgery. Now, just need to continue to get in that yardage. Doubles were hard the first couple of weeks, but now they're pretty fun!
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Sun Screen
The more the better. Even though your skin is olive you still can get skin cancers and pre aging of the skin do to over exposure. When you are in the Keys you have moved much closer to the equator and the suns effects are more pronounced at that latitude. Take this into consideration because you will burn much easier even if you are "use" to the sun. If you have a way to reapply your sunscreen that will be in your best long term interst. Every time you burn your skin you increase your risk for adverse outcomes.
A triathelete at our pool that is about 55 or so did Key West last year and is doing it again. He is not fast but he will wear you down. He can hold his pace all day and said the event was a lot of fun last year.
Good luck and remember that sunscreen. Your skin will thank you.
Sun Screen
The more the better. Even though your skin is olive you still can get skin cancers and pre aging of the skin do to over exposure. When you are in the Keys you have moved much closer to the equator and the suns effects are more pronounced at that latitude. Take this into consideration because you will burn much easier even if you are "use" to the sun. If you have a way to reapply your sunscreen that will be in your best long term interst. Every time you burn your skin you increase your risk for adverse outcomes.
A triathelete at our pool that is about 55 or so did Key West last year and is doing it again. He is not fast but he will wear you down. He can hold his pace all day and said the event was a lot of fun last year.
Good luck and remember that sunscreen. Your skin will thank you.
