Hey all,
I know they hold a couple of tri's in the area that include a Schuylkill swim. After one of them, I was talking to a guy who participated, and he said he often did practice swims in the Schuylkill on his own.
I can't see myself doing that--not ready to assume the risks of swimming alone in that river--but are there ever organized swims outside of the triathlons?
I'm not interested in doing the tri's (the bike part never interested me, and I have a gimpy foot so can't run), but I think it would be cool to just do the swim portion of a tri (although I'm not fast enough for a team to see me as an asset if they want to be competitive)--even better if they'd ever have stand-alone o.w. swims, since the location is so convenient for me.
Has anyone gotten word of stand-alone swims in the works?
Have to admit that when I first heard about tri's w/ the swim portion in the Schuylkill, it sounded crazy. But yes, it's a fairly frequent event--there's the Philly Tri (with both Oly. and sprint distances), SheRox, and I think one other.
Friends who have done these tri's said the swim wasn't bad--although someone (I vaguely remember) said something about getting a rash like the one that TS mentioned.
But most people I know who have done tri's there don't report any problems and are regular participants. Would it be my first choice of a swimming venue? Nope. But given the number of events held there lately, I wondered if maybe they've cleaned it up in the past several years. One year they had to cancel the swim, though, because the rain had made conditions dangerous (debris, faster moving water, etc.).
Have to admit that when I first heard about tri's w/ the swim portion in the Schuylkill, it sounded crazy. But yes, it's a fairly frequent event--there's the Philly Tri (with both Oly. and sprint distances), SheRox, and I think one other.
Friends who have done these tri's said the swim wasn't bad--although someone (I vaguely remember) said something about getting a rash like the one that TS mentioned.
But most people I know who have done tri's there don't report any problems and are regular participants. Would it be my first choice of a swimming venue? Nope. But given the number of events held there lately, I wondered if maybe they've cleaned it up in the past several years. One year they had to cancel the swim, though, because the rain had made conditions dangerous (debris, faster moving water, etc.).
