Given water is 87 degrees
Given air is 90 degrees
Distance 2 miles
Time swimming time around 50 min.
How much fluid will be lost (sweat)? Anyone want to hazard a guess?
I am thinking 3 pints? = 3 pound...
I plan to weigh myself prior to and after the race. Results should be interesting.
Into Chris Greene Lake weighing 187.
Out of Chris Greene Lake 46 and 1/2 minutes later weighing 182.
Five pints of Virginia "sweet tea" later weighing 187.
As a homebrewer I must chime in. If by sweet tea, you mean your typical Southern brew of sugared tea, 5 pints would have left you somewhere in the neighborhood of 187.3 pounds. Water, by definition has a specific gravity of 1. Add enough sugar to make it sweet tea, and we're closer to a specific gravity of 1.06 (or possibly more).
These are the kind of nerd experiments I like. They're even better when you go ahead and ferment the sugar to reduce the specific gravity back down to 1.
Into Chris Greene Lake weighing 187.
Out of Chris Greene Lake 46 and 1/2 minutes later weighing 182.
Five pints of Virginia "sweet tea" later weighing 187.
As a homebrewer I must chime in. If by sweet tea, you mean your typical Southern brew of sugared tea, 5 pints would have left you somewhere in the neighborhood of 187.3 pounds. Water, by definition has a specific gravity of 1. Add enough sugar to make it sweet tea, and we're closer to a specific gravity of 1.06 (or possibly more).
These are the kind of nerd experiments I like. They're even better when you go ahead and ferment the sugar to reduce the specific gravity back down to 1.
