I mean, don't look at my time..I was just touring...but look at some of these times.
a seventeen year old finishing ahead of an olympic swimmer?www.your-results.com/.../13_MCMILE_1MILESWIM.txt
If the Olympian is not in peak shape, inexperienced at open water, and/or not taking the event seriously, it is not at all surprising that a fast, in-shape teenager (or several of them) would beat him in a 1-mile OWS.
If the Olympian is not in peak shape, inexperienced at open water, and/or not taking the event seriously, it is not at all surprising that a fast, in-shape teenager (or several of them) would beat him in a 1-mile OWS.
