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
Former Member
1) San Francisco Golden Gate to Bay Bridge 10K
2) Seal Beach 3 mile (back when there was an oil platform that you swam straight out to & turned around)
3) Santa Barbara Semana Nautica 5K
My favorite marathon swim: Catalina Channel
My favorite fresh water swim: Cascade Lakes Series, Oregon
Honorable Mention: Alcatraz Touch & Go (double). There is something special about doing a swim in SF Bay without using a boat.
i'm adding this one, to be built after the economy recovers.
en.wikipedia.org/.../Stanford_torus
I've been waiting for that my whole life, since first finding one of those Space Colonies at the Legrange Points books in my library when I was 10. Here we are 35 years later and all we've got is a retired space truck and sorta space station.
Favorite races:
Nubble Light Challenge in York, ME
Rockland Breakwater 3.2 mile in Rockland, ME
North Shore Challenge Ehukai to Waimea on the North shore of Oahu
Chesapeake Bay Challenge 4.4 Annapolis, MD
Favorite adventure/training swims
Swim around Peaks Island, ME
Pine Point to the Pier, Old Orchard Beach, ME
Ferry Beach around Black Point to the Black Point Beach Club, Scarborough, ME
Swim across Kidney Pond in Baxter State Park, Millinocket, ME
