What a nice weekend! We had good conditions for October with early temps around 55 climbing up to the mid 70's with plenty of sun. Water temp around 70 degrees. We were fortunate to have some current giving us a push down the river. Winning time was 3:04 I believe. This scenic swim is a good one to add to your list for next year.
It was nice to meet Chicken of the Sea, EVMO and all of the other swimmers along with The Wookiee.
The event organizers and all of the volunteers did a great job. The Chattanooga community were great host and went all out to welcome us and put on a fun event.
Save the link for next year and results should be posted soon.
www.swimthesuck10mile.com/.../About.html
I really want to do this swim in 2011. Trying to figure out how to estimate my time for registration, though.
I have done the Big Shoulders last three years and usually swim that 5K in about 1:18. Non-current aided 10 mile swim might translate to 4 1/2 hours? How should I figure?
Swim the Suck will likely have some tidal assist, perhaps even a substantial one. I could be wrong, but I think last year's river flow tended to benefit the back-of-the-pack swimmers more than the leaders, because it increased throughout the day.
Nope. Didn't do me any good! haha
David,
I am around a 1:30 5K and I did this in 3:57. I estimated 5.5 hours last year and it was no issue. There should be some tidal assist but you won't know until the event. I would just put in your 4.5 hour estimate and see how it turns out.
I am hoping to get back to this one.
