I signed up to swim the Governor's Island swim in NYC this summer. Has anybody done it? Anybody planning on it this year? I am trying to ease myself into more open water swimming and this seemed like a good one and interesting (although getting there early in the morning might be rough).
I am open to suggestions of other moderately difficult northeast swims this summer -- they have to be on Sundays though, for a variety of reasons.
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I did the 5K Aquarium swim while visiting my sister on the East Coast this year. It was well run and the people were fantastic. However I must caution you that there was a wicked current running parallel to the shore. A good number of swimmers did not finish and it added a good 30+ minutes to my swim. This was my most challenging swim of the year and not one I would recommend to a novice. The 1 mile swim was run under identical conditions and I imagine was equally challenging.
cibbows will be hosting a 5k this summer as well and another on NOV 6th!!!!!!!!!!!
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I did the 5K Aquarium swim while visiting my sister on the East Coast this year. It was well run and the people were fantastic. However I must caution you that there was a wicked current running parallel to the shore. A good number of swimmers did not finish and it added a good 30+ minutes to my swim. This was my most challenging swim of the year and not one I would recommend to a novice. The 1 mile swim was run under identical conditions and I imagine was equally challenging.
cibbows will be hosting a 5k this summer as well and another on NOV 6th!!!!!!!!!!!