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?
All this talk about the Schuylkill has me wondering about the Potomac. I'm doing a triathlon in DC next weekend and I have to swim 750m in the river. The only thing I could find on the web was an article from 2007 discussing how bad the water has always been in the past, and what a big deal it was to finally have a sanctioned event there in '07. I wonder what type of soup I will be stepping into on the 21st. Anyone have any experience with the Potomac or know of any water quality monitoring websites?
btw, to the original poster - if you're looking for open water events in the Philly area, I suggest one of the saltwater swims at the Jersey shore. Here's a link: www.oceancityswimclub.org/
All this talk about the Schuylkill has me wondering about the Potomac. I'm doing a triathlon in DC next weekend and I have to swim 750m in the river. The only thing I could find on the web was an article from 2007 discussing how bad the water has always been in the past, and what a big deal it was to finally have a sanctioned event there in '07. I wonder what type of soup I will be stepping into on the 21st. Anyone have any experience with the Potomac or know of any water quality monitoring websites?
btw, to the original poster - if you're looking for open water events in the Philly area, I suggest one of the saltwater swims at the Jersey shore. Here's a link: www.oceancityswimclub.org/
