Hi -
I have completed a few 2.5-3 mile swims in open water and am interested in going further next year. What would you recommend if I'm interested in swimming a 5-10 mile organized lake swim in the US in '08? I'd be most interested in anything with water temps in the mid seventies or higher. Thanks so much for your advice!
Dave
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I second the Lake Champlain swim. Keep in mind that it isn't really a race, per se, and that it can be VERY hard to find a support boat unless you start way in advance. Water temp is more like 67-72, as I recall.
There is a 10k in Fort Collins, Colorado, you might consider, although it is at altitude.
The Swim for Life in Chestertown Maryland is nice, although it is in a river and does, typically, have a bit of current-fighting in it. It's in July this year, so water temp should be comfy.
I also second the Little Red Light House swim in NYC, if you are feeling adventurous. It's no lake, but doing a race in the Hudson river like that gives you serious bragging rights, if only because everyone thinks it's an open sewer (it's not & it's pretty clean, unless it rains hard.)
-LBJ
I second the Lake Champlain swim. Keep in mind that it isn't really a race, per se, and that it can be VERY hard to find a support boat unless you start way in advance. Water temp is more like 67-72, as I recall.
There is a 10k in Fort Collins, Colorado, you might consider, although it is at altitude.
The Swim for Life in Chestertown Maryland is nice, although it is in a river and does, typically, have a bit of current-fighting in it. It's in July this year, so water temp should be comfy.
I also second the Little Red Light House swim in NYC, if you are feeling adventurous. It's no lake, but doing a race in the Hudson river like that gives you serious bragging rights, if only because everyone thinks it's an open sewer (it's not & it's pretty clean, unless it rains hard.)
-LBJ
