OCTOBER 16!

who would have thunk that October 16 would be the day of not 1; not 2; BUT 3 open water events.... the shortest being 10 MILES! that right: Swim The Suck 10 miles www.swimthesuck10mile.com/.../About.html starring forumites evmo and chicken of the sea The Distance Swim Challenge 12.5 miles www.distanceswimchallenge.com/ starring forumite and the guy in the white tiger suit RobbieD Ederle 17.5 miles www.nycswim.org/.../Event.aspx I will be joined by 9 heavy hitters for this 2010 NYCSWIM finale. they are predicting a little weather for saturday in these parts so the course direction has been changed and the start time will now be 4:45 AM (thats right folks.... darkness, wind and waves! what could be a better way to wrap up the season) Barra, I dedicate this song to you YouTube - Crowded House - Weather With You C O'C

And in 3 different parts of the country! All my friends will be out of town this weekend! :) Isn't there a Thanksgiving splash for CIBBOWS? veterans day..... november 6!

This Swim the Suck looks interesting. I'm no ten-miler this year (would have been last year). I'll be interested in finding how that went in prep for a possible swimming of said suck in 2011.

4 inch waves! 80 degree water! Only the strong survive! I believe it's on the 17th, so one could take part in one of these other events then take a flight to the tropics. I've done the swim twice and I swear the waves were 12-18 inches and the water was 79. To make up for the hardship there's beer at the finish line :)

veterans day..... november 6! Hey chaos, isn't Veteran's Day the 11th? 11th hour, 11th day, 11th month...that kinda thing. ;)

How did all those October 16 swims go? I did a bitty one in L. Michigan (sub-60, fine) before an October picnic. :)

Hey chaos, isn't Veteran's Day the 11th? 11th hour, 11th day, 11th month...that kinda thing. ;) could be, but here is the race info: http://cibbows.org/races/

I survived the 12.6 mile Distance Swim Challenge in LA... holy crap that was a hard swim robaquatics.com/.../2010-distance-swim-challenge-12-6-miler-wrap-up.html

... holy crap that was a hard swim Couldn't agree more; it felt closer to 30. The organizers did a great job, though, marking the course and making the in-and-outs as smooth and painless as possible.

I survived the 12.6 mile Distance Swim Challenge in LA... holy crap that was a hard swim robaquatics.com/.../2010-distance-swim-challenge-12-6-miler-wrap-up.html Good job Rob. I volunteered at the start and introduced myself, but didn't want to intrude on your pre-race planning. Loved the report. It was kind of weird, being a point to point, we sent you all off, never to be seen again (at least in Manhattan Beach)