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 said OW had to clean up its act, not USMS ...
Of course officials can't always notice something. I was referring to the case where there were no officials to police the mandatory buoys.
Don't worry, I didn't go past the 15 meter mark in any races at Nats. :) Chris' dubious DQ freaked me out enough to botch all my backstroke starts and not take full advantage of my SDK.
Perhaps everyone accepted the results because they didn't have the time or energy to analyze the results immediately post race. Brain function is not always at fully operable when you're exhausted.
I said OW had to clean up its act, not USMS ...
Of course officials can't always notice something. I was referring to the case where there were no officials to police the mandatory buoys.
Don't worry, I didn't go past the 15 meter mark in any races at Nats. :) Chris' dubious DQ freaked me out enough to botch all my backstroke starts and not take full advantage of my SDK.
Perhaps everyone accepted the results because they didn't have the time or energy to analyze the results immediately post race. Brain function is not always at fully operable when you're exhausted.
