Lance Armstrong swam in a 2.4 mile open water swim this weekend and was only beaten by two professional triathletes. He swam the distance in 49+ minutes and missed out on the win by only 22 seconds. WOW!
it is my thought that the better swimmer you are the less impact a wetsuit has, that is average to below-average swimmers - both skills & fitness levels - benefit from a wetsuit most.
Possibly true, but that doesn't mean good swimmers DON'T benefit from wetsuits.
Review the times for the USMS open water national championship events... I don't understand how someone argues my post is 'premature.'
Because you've made it sound like it's a forgone conclusion that Lance would be an OW All-American. I'm pretty confident Lance could be an outstanding OW swimmer if he wanted to be, but the results of this single race don't convince me that he would be if he just decided to enter a USMS championship event now.
it is my thought that the better swimmer you are the less impact a wetsuit has, that is average to below-average swimmers - both skills & fitness levels - benefit from a wetsuit most.
Possibly true, but that doesn't mean good swimmers DON'T benefit from wetsuits.
Review the times for the USMS open water national championship events... I don't understand how someone argues my post is 'premature.'
Because you've made it sound like it's a forgone conclusion that Lance would be an OW All-American. I'm pretty confident Lance could be an outstanding OW swimmer if he wanted to be, but the results of this single race don't convince me that he would be if he just decided to enter a USMS championship event now.
