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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"It must be noted that the actual overall time in an OW race is irrelevant. Even with GPS I never have confidence the distance of a race is correct."
It's correct to suggest that time in an OW event is irrelevant is some respects. However, the time in question is relevant in relation to the other swimmers. For the most part, the swimmers all endured the same conditions and presumably swam roughly the same distance. Whether or not the course is marked out to be a 4.9k or 5.4k all the swimmers are presumably rounding the same marks.
"It must be noted that the actual overall time in an OW race is irrelevant. Even with GPS I never have confidence the distance of a race is correct."
It's correct to suggest that time in an OW event is irrelevant is some respects. However, the time in question is relevant in relation to the other swimmers. For the most part, the swimmers all endured the same conditions and presumably swam roughly the same distance. Whether or not the course is marked out to be a 4.9k or 5.4k all the swimmers are presumably rounding the same marks.
