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Big Shoulders 2009

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Ok, so the more they email me, the more I get nervous about the water temp. Last year it was 69 which stung to get in, but it made for a nice swimming temp. By the end, though, my fingers and toes felt a little numb, but that could have been tired (??). But this year, it could be up to 10 degrees colder?! What to do when the coolest water I can find here in Cincinnati is 80?
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    --Nobody broke an hour at La Jolla this weekend for the 3 mile. --It appears Dawkins got 3rd (the one who just crossed the English Channel and last spring did a 4:43 500 Free). For a tale of the tape: www.usms.org/.../toptenind.php www.usms.org/.../toptenind.php I report...you decide. I don't understand the results. Tom would know better than anyone. ? He beat you by 8 minutes? BTW: I'll take you up on the 100s...but screw it. Let's make it 100. :) I believe La Jolla was quite rough this year. Lake Michigan was smooth. Regardless of any of the other unsportsmanlike comments made about BS results, it's absurd to compare one open water swim to another. That's the nature of OW swimming, as you all know. And how can you compare pool swimming to OW? BTW, has anyone talked to Andy or the BS organisers about this or is it just bitching?
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    --Nobody broke an hour at La Jolla this weekend for the 3 mile. --It appears Dawkins got 3rd (the one who just crossed the English Channel and last spring did a 4:43 500 Free). For a tale of the tape: www.usms.org/.../toptenind.php www.usms.org/.../toptenind.php I report...you decide. I don't understand the results. Tom would know better than anyone. ? He beat you by 8 minutes? BTW: I'll take you up on the 100s...but screw it. Let's make it 100. :) I believe La Jolla was quite rough this year. Lake Michigan was smooth. Regardless of any of the other unsportsmanlike comments made about BS results, it's absurd to compare one open water swim to another. That's the nature of OW swimming, as you all know. And how can you compare pool swimming to OW? BTW, has anyone talked to Andy or the BS organisers about this or is it just bitching?
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