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 don't really think this adds much evidence. I would guess I also passed hundreds of swimmers--especially when you throw in the 2.5K swimmers--and I don't think this slowed me down more than a few seconds. Also, Andy was so much faster than anyone else he wouldn't have been able to draft regardless of what wave he was in. He beat the second place guy by 1:32 and third place by 2:25. He was gaining 1.84 seconds and 2.90 seconds on the second and third place finishers every 100 meters!
I don't really think this adds much evidence. I would guess I also passed hundreds of swimmers--especially when you throw in the 2.5K swimmers--and I don't think this slowed me down more than a few seconds. Also, Andy was so much faster than anyone else he wouldn't have been able to draft regardless of what wave he was in. He beat the second place guy by 1:32 and third place by 2:25. He was gaining 1.84 seconds and 2.90 seconds on the second and third place finishers every 100 meters!
