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've done three organized open water swims. All were involuntary. One was the swim leg of a triathlon relay in Florida. The other two were one mile races at a lake 15 minutes from my house in California.
I may be able to add Nevada next month. I assume part of the Trans-Tahoe race is in Nevada. I'm being dragged to that one, whining the whole way about water temp.
I've done three organized open water swims. All were involuntary. One was the swim leg of a triathlon relay in Florida. The other two were one mile races at a lake 15 minutes from my house in California.
I may be able to add Nevada next month. I assume part of the Trans-Tahoe race is in Nevada. I'm being dragged to that one, whining the whole way about water temp.
