Did it last year. I sort of wished I did it myself as relays seem a little hokey to me (each swimmer goes thirty minutes the first time through and then 10 minutes intervals--I went a total of 3 times. There are many fast swimmers there (Lars Jensen's Americans were crushed by the Australians). There are many different divisions and combinations for teams. They give a nice towel to all the top 3 teams which turns out to be a lot of towels. The Dallas Masters team I believe goes every year and if you are looking to hook up with a team that is where I would start. I just sent them some money and they put me on a team.
Also, the monday after (Labor day) is the ?Aumakua swim which is an individual 2.4 mile swim. If you swim under a coral arch at about 2miles you get a minute off your time (and bleeding eardrums).
Overall, fun to do and you can combine both the channel swim and the Aumakua swim and have more reason for making the trek.
Did it last year. I sort of wished I did it myself as relays seem a little hokey to me (each swimmer goes thirty minutes the first time through and then 10 minutes intervals--I went a total of 3 times. There are many fast swimmers there (Lars Jensen's Americans were crushed by the Australians). There are many different divisions and combinations for teams. They give a nice towel to all the top 3 teams which turns out to be a lot of towels. The Dallas Masters team I believe goes every year and if you are looking to hook up with a team that is where I would start. I just sent them some money and they put me on a team.
Also, the monday after (Labor day) is the ?Aumakua swim which is an individual 2.4 mile swim. If you swim under a coral arch at about 2miles you get a minute off your time (and bleeding eardrums).
Overall, fun to do and you can combine both the channel swim and the Aumakua swim and have more reason for making the trek.
