"To the Bridge & Back" is a new open water swim in Richmond, VA. It's late in the year - October 13, 2012- so it gives you plenty of time to prepare and doesn't conflict with most of the major swims out there.
Entry fees are low, especially if you register with your own kayaker.
All of the details can be found at www.PelusoOpenWater.com
I don't know why I can't get past the urge to respond to your post from 2 years ago. Why don't you take some time to understand a sport before criticizing it.
Yes, its true that the average triathlete isn't as good a swimmer as an average Masters swimmer; however, most of the advanced triathletes are former college or team swimmers. Also, I would like to see you have the physical and mental endurance and guts to race a 2.4 mile open water swim with 2800 other swimmers fighting for a swim lane, ride a bike for 112 miles, then dismounting your bike and running a marathon.
By the way I have done the Potomac 7.5 mile swim among other endurance swims and I don't do flipturns in the pool. I guess I suck at swimming.
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I also got in trouble for telling them they look ridiculous wearing a wet suit in a pool only to be told it was a "necessary" part of training. Training for what, I'm not sure.
God forbid you tell them that flip turns make them better swimmers.
Are you really not gonna wear a wet suit? I can't be the lone wolf out there ensconced in neoprene I guess.
I don't know why I can't get past the urge to respond to your post from 2 years ago. Why don't you take some time to understand a sport before criticizing it.
Yes, its true that the average triathlete isn't as good a swimmer as an average Masters swimmer; however, most of the advanced triathletes are former college or team swimmers. Also, I would like to see you have the physical and mental endurance and guts to race a 2.4 mile open water swim with 2800 other swimmers fighting for a swim lane, ride a bike for 112 miles, then dismounting your bike and running a marathon.
By the way I have done the Potomac 7.5 mile swim among other endurance swims and I don't do flipturns in the pool. I guess I suck at swimming.
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I also got in trouble for telling them they look ridiculous wearing a wet suit in a pool only to be told it was a "necessary" part of training. Training for what, I'm not sure.
God forbid you tell them that flip turns make them better swimmers.
Are you really not gonna wear a wet suit? I can't be the lone wolf out there ensconced in neoprene I guess.
