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| **Larry Goolsby** \\ | **Larry Goolsby** \\ | ||
| - | 05/20/13 #14379 | + | 05/20/13 #14379 |
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| + | I found this race/swim quite interesting. The reason I'm posting this is because swimmers are paddlers of a sort - they are just missing their boats and paddles (we've all been there). | ||
| - | I found this race/swim quite interesting. The reason I'm posting this is because swimmers are paddlers of a sort - they are just missing their boats and paddles (we've all been there).\\ | ||
| There were 900 swimmers that showed up on Sunday morning. Registration opened at 5 am and a line had already formed. The reason for the early start was to catch the slack tide when there was little chance for any wind. During the three days that I was there, the wind kicked up waves by noon each day. Racers are divided into two categories: wetsuit and no wetsuit. About 1 out of every 8 swimmers went sans wetsuit. I heard conflicting reports about water temperature and I'm sure this had to do with where the temperature was taken. The range was 54 f to 58 f. | There were 900 swimmers that showed up on Sunday morning. Registration opened at 5 am and a line had already formed. The reason for the early start was to catch the slack tide when there was little chance for any wind. During the three days that I was there, the wind kicked up waves by noon each day. Racers are divided into two categories: wetsuit and no wetsuit. About 1 out of every 8 swimmers went sans wetsuit. I heard conflicting reports about water temperature and I'm sure this had to do with where the temperature was taken. The range was 54 f to 58 f. | ||
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| One of the swimmers was Craig Deets - a multiple amputee (sans wetsuit) with no arms or legs. He is allowed to use a fin attached to one of his stumps. He came in after about an hour. Most all racers are not allowed to wear anything on their hands or feet. | One of the swimmers was Craig Deets - a multiple amputee (sans wetsuit) with no arms or legs. He is allowed to use a fin attached to one of his stumps. He came in after about an hour. Most all racers are not allowed to wear anything on their hands or feet. | ||
| - | Cathy said that doing this race once was enough(post race decisions are always short lived). Already this morning, she is on the computer looking at other open water swims around the country.\\ | + | Cathy said that doing this race once was enough (post race decisions are always short lived). Already this morning, she is on the computer looking at other open water swims around the country.\\ |
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