One of the events that we are working on here in AZ is a USMS-sanctioned wave at the Tribal 2.4 Mile Swim at Tempe Town Lake. This event will be on November 9th and should draw a good amount of swimmers. Here is the info for the USA-Triathlon wave:
www.dcbadventures.com/.../eventDetails.php
Once we have the sanction, there will be a sign-up section for USMS swimmers. This event drew just under 400 triathletes in April in preparation for Ironman AZ. It should be a good time.
There will be more information on this swim shortly but you open water folks may want to think about this event. Early November in Arizona is beautiful and the water is still relatively warm. Tempe Town Lake is in downtown Tempe and just a couple of miles from Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport. One week after this swim is the Ron Johnson Invitational SCM Meet at ASU, which is also in downtown Tempe. So give these events some thought for fall events.
See you in November!
Thank you very much for the update. I would love to tell the overseas open water swimming community about this event via www.10Kswimmer.com and www.10Kswim.com. I will be looking out for your updates and would love to post photos of the race(s) on these open water swimming-focused websites.
Great, we would love to have non-AZ swimmers at this event. The lake is just a couple klicks from the airport, the jets fly right over the lake in fact. When the light rail starts running on December 29th, you won't even need a car from Sky Harbor to Downtown Tempe!
Early November is also a nice time of year in Arizona. The water will still be comfortable and the sun will be out. Of course, people could stay an extra week and swim in the Ron Johnson Invitational too...
Thank you very much for the update. I would love to tell the overseas open water swimming community about this event via www.10Kswimmer.com and www.10Kswim.com. I will be looking out for your updates and would love to post photos of the race(s) on these open water swimming-focused websites.
Great, we would love to have non-AZ swimmers at this event. The lake is just a couple klicks from the airport, the jets fly right over the lake in fact. When the light rail starts running on December 29th, you won't even need a car from Sky Harbor to Downtown Tempe!
Early November is also a nice time of year in Arizona. The water will still be comfortable and the sun will be out. Of course, people could stay an extra week and swim in the Ron Johnson Invitational too...
