While driving back to the hotel after the Chesapeake Bay Swim this past Sunday, we started talking about the different states in which we'd done open water swims. The criteria was that it had to be an organized event (not a workout and not just hopping in a lake). Oh, and it had to be a swim event; not a triathlon. I was allowed to count both Minnesota and Wisconsin because I did a swim where we started in Wisconsin and finished in Minnesota.
Here is how many states are on my list. How many are on yours? This may be a good goal - to try to do an organized, open water event in every state!
Arkansas
Florida
Illinois
Kansas
Maryland
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
Texas
Wisconsin
...and one territory: Puerto Rico
I have done some very obnoxious back-to-back swims... think john candy and steve martin in planes, trains and automobiles - literally 'planes, trains and automobiles.' the road trips included ferries too.
4 August 2012 - SAT
Manhattan Island Relays - New York
5 August 2012 - SUN
Purple Swim - 2 miles - Swim for Pancreatic Cancer - Baltimore
9 July 2011
Greenwich Point One-Mile Swim - Connecticutt
9 July 2011
Stars and Stripes Swim - 1.5 K - New York
10 July 2011
3rd Annual Steelman Open Water Swim - 3 mile - Pennsylvania
28 August 2010
Gator Bait at Eagle Lake ~ 1 mile - Mississippi
29 August 2010
Tallchief Open Water Swim ~ 2 mile - Oklahoma
15 August 2009
Alcatraz Sharkfest - California
16 August 2009
Pennock Island Challenge - 8.2 mile CW - Alaska
2 August 2008
Long Bridge Swim ~ 1.76 miles - Idaho
3 August 2008
Cascade Lakes - USMS 5K National Championship - Oregon
7 June 2008
North Carolina Open Water Swim ~ 5K - North Carolina
8 June 2008
1 Mile Chesapeake Bay Challenge - Maryland
31 May 2008
Lowcountry Splash ~ 2.4 miles - South Carolina
1 June 2008
Aqualung Open Water Swim II - 1600 m - Louisiana
11 August 2007
Donner Lake Openwater Swim ~ 2.7 miles - California
12 August 2007
Horsetooth Openwater Swim ~ 10K - Colorado
26 May 2007
Lowcountry Splash ~ 2.4 miles - South Carolina
27 May 2007
Jim McDonnell 1 & 2 Mile Lake Swims ~ 1-mile
27 May 2007
Jim McDonnell 1 & 2 Mile Lake Swims ~ 2-mile
27 May 2007
Jim McDonnell USMS 1-Mile Championship - Virginia
I have done some very obnoxious back-to-back swims... think john candy and steve martin in planes, trains and automobiles - literally 'planes, trains and automobiles.' the road trips included ferries too.
4 August 2012 - SAT
Manhattan Island Relays - New York
5 August 2012 - SUN
Purple Swim - 2 miles - Swim for Pancreatic Cancer - Baltimore
9 July 2011
Greenwich Point One-Mile Swim - Connecticutt
9 July 2011
Stars and Stripes Swim - 1.5 K - New York
10 July 2011
3rd Annual Steelman Open Water Swim - 3 mile - Pennsylvania
28 August 2010
Gator Bait at Eagle Lake ~ 1 mile - Mississippi
29 August 2010
Tallchief Open Water Swim ~ 2 mile - Oklahoma
15 August 2009
Alcatraz Sharkfest - California
16 August 2009
Pennock Island Challenge - 8.2 mile CW - Alaska
2 August 2008
Long Bridge Swim ~ 1.76 miles - Idaho
3 August 2008
Cascade Lakes - USMS 5K National Championship - Oregon
7 June 2008
North Carolina Open Water Swim ~ 5K - North Carolina
8 June 2008
1 Mile Chesapeake Bay Challenge - Maryland
31 May 2008
Lowcountry Splash ~ 2.4 miles - South Carolina
1 June 2008
Aqualung Open Water Swim II - 1600 m - Louisiana
11 August 2007
Donner Lake Openwater Swim ~ 2.7 miles - California
12 August 2007
Horsetooth Openwater Swim ~ 10K - Colorado
26 May 2007
Lowcountry Splash ~ 2.4 miles - South Carolina
27 May 2007
Jim McDonnell 1 & 2 Mile Lake Swims ~ 1-mile
27 May 2007
Jim McDonnell 1 & 2 Mile Lake Swims ~ 2-mile
27 May 2007
Jim McDonnell USMS 1-Mile Championship - Virginia
