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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I find the last post by knelson & pkerch fairly persuasive.
2 seconds per hundred meters is significant. As someone who used to (OK so it was 20 years ago) swim 5000 yards in one hour regularly, I know how hard it is to drop that much time for a hundred and repeat it for an hour. It is probably equivalent to dropping 10 seconds in a 200 (assuming a high level of proficiency to start with). That would be a heck of a swim of a life time. Maybe possible, but race results for the 3 months prior should reflect quicker times even without a taper.
I find the last post by knelson & pkerch fairly persuasive.
2 seconds per hundred meters is significant. As someone who used to (OK so it was 20 years ago) swim 5000 yards in one hour regularly, I know how hard it is to drop that much time for a hundred and repeat it for an hour. It is probably equivalent to dropping 10 seconds in a 200 (assuming a high level of proficiency to start with). That would be a heck of a swim of a life time. Maybe possible, but race results for the 3 months prior should reflect quicker times even without a taper.
