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!
In answer to the last post, I was there and was swimming with the 31st Annual race, not the FKCC race. Conditions were rough at the beginning but had improved by the time the race was stopped.
I'm not sure why the races were stopped by the Coast Guard. I asked around and got different answers that were not entirely consistent. It was disappointing, frustrating and I'm not sure if it was necessary. But after the Waikiki Roughwater in 2003, I can't blame anyone for erring on the side of caution. I don't think it helped to have two races going on the same day but I don't know if that was a factor or not.
I understand that both race organizers are planning to go ahead with their races next year--and for what its worth, I would recommend trying the swim. Its a great location and a challenging swim.
In answer to the last post, I was there and was swimming with the 31st Annual race, not the FKCC race. Conditions were rough at the beginning but had improved by the time the race was stopped.
I'm not sure why the races were stopped by the Coast Guard. I asked around and got different answers that were not entirely consistent. It was disappointing, frustrating and I'm not sure if it was necessary. But after the Waikiki Roughwater in 2003, I can't blame anyone for erring on the side of caution. I don't think it helped to have two races going on the same day but I don't know if that was a factor or not.
I understand that both race organizers are planning to go ahead with their races next year--and for what its worth, I would recommend trying the swim. Its a great location and a challenging swim.
