I'm doing the Chesapeake Bay swim on Sunday. I have no idea what to expect. I'm planning to not use a wetsuit but I noticed most swimmers had wetsuits last year...not sure why. If anyone has done this swim I'd appreaciate any tips/advice. This will be my longest OW swim to date.
Does anyone know if there was any sort of investigation into the death of the swimmer in last year's GCBS, or if it was made public?
Reading this thread in retrospect, it's interesting how three facts were mentioned:
1. Someone died of an apparent heart attack during the race
2. Almost everyone wears wetsuits in this race, because of the incentives created by not separating wetsuit/non-wetsuit results
3. Water temps were quite warm - 78F.
Yet all were mentioned in isolation. I'm curious if the heart attack may have been related to over-heating.
Interesting, also, because this occurred less than 8 months after Fran Crippen's death in very warm water.
