your three favorite open water swims... and why?
by all means, feel free to include personal experiences, e.g. your english channel swim, but try to note three race events that we might register for in 2012.
my three to be elaborated on later are;
Donner Lake Swim, Truckee, CA
Highland Lakes Challenge, Austin, TX
Pennock Island Challenge, Ketchikan, AK
Honorable mentions;
Low Country Splash, Charleston, SC
San Francisco Swims
New York City Swims - NYCSwim & CIBBOWS
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The La Tuque Quebec race in Lac St Louis. I would go to look at the lake and would start barfing.
i was not a swimmer when I lived in Quebec :(, or maybe thats :). it took quite a bit of, errrrh, gumption to get in the Serpentine, but even being a foreigner (topside microbes) and spending a couple hours in it total, I didn't suffer in anyway. Plus the Serps is an awesome venue. Definitely worth it.
Next was Narraganset to Blocke Island the - I called it "Was I Shark Bait Race".
before swimming, i was into scuba diving (but still 21st century). we'd go to extremes to _see_ sharks. what year was your RI swim and do you think that the reportedly huge decline in sharks over the intervening years would change that by now?
Cross Lake Ontario race 32 miles - Water temp started at 72 degrees no finishers temperature dropped to 38 degrees 2 miles from the finish.
after 30 miles, that must of stung in more ways than one! it's supposedly one of the most difficult swims for that reason. there is a book titled Marilyn Bell
en.wikipedia.org/.../Marilyn_Bell
.
you've probably met her?
The La Tuque Quebec race in Lac St Louis. I would go to look at the lake and would start barfing.
i was not a swimmer when I lived in Quebec :(, or maybe thats :). it took quite a bit of, errrrh, gumption to get in the Serpentine, but even being a foreigner (topside microbes) and spending a couple hours in it total, I didn't suffer in anyway. Plus the Serps is an awesome venue. Definitely worth it.
Next was Narraganset to Blocke Island the - I called it "Was I Shark Bait Race".
before swimming, i was into scuba diving (but still 21st century). we'd go to extremes to _see_ sharks. what year was your RI swim and do you think that the reportedly huge decline in sharks over the intervening years would change that by now?
Cross Lake Ontario race 32 miles - Water temp started at 72 degrees no finishers temperature dropped to 38 degrees 2 miles from the finish.
after 30 miles, that must of stung in more ways than one! it's supposedly one of the most difficult swims for that reason. there is a book titled Marilyn Bell
en.wikipedia.org/.../Marilyn_Bell
.
you've probably met her?
