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?
I've known Andy for some years now, and practice with him in the fall (between my regular team's seasons). For the last few years, he has had a number of injuries (not all swimming related). To the best of my knowledge, this summer is the first time in a long while that he has been healthy for a several month period. That allows him to practice harder than he has in the past. His co-practicers (Tom, Kevin, Anwar, etc.) have been complaining (in a good way) about how Andy has been hammering them this past year. My first practice with the CoD group this week, he was definitely faster than 1:10/100 pace (25 yd pool), during warm-up. (I can't tell you what he did during the main set, because I was too far behind to know when he touched.) He is definitely in better shape/strength/health now, compared to any other time that I can think of.
I don't blame other posters for asking if everything check-out during the race, because it is a pretty amazing result. But between the hard work he has put in the last few months, and the BlueSeventy :D , I can definitely believe it.
I've known Andy for some years now, and practice with him in the fall (between my regular team's seasons). For the last few years, he has had a number of injuries (not all swimming related). To the best of my knowledge, this summer is the first time in a long while that he has been healthy for a several month period. That allows him to practice harder than he has in the past. His co-practicers (Tom, Kevin, Anwar, etc.) have been complaining (in a good way) about how Andy has been hammering them this past year. My first practice with the CoD group this week, he was definitely faster than 1:10/100 pace (25 yd pool), during warm-up. (I can't tell you what he did during the main set, because I was too far behind to know when he touched.) He is definitely in better shape/strength/health now, compared to any other time that I can think of.
I don't blame other posters for asking if everything check-out during the race, because it is a pretty amazing result. But between the hard work he has put in the last few months, and the BlueSeventy :D , I can definitely believe it.
