Subject: RE: Tampa Bay Frogman 5K Open Water Swim - 1/2/2011 Trinnas, there's a link on the tampabayfrogman.com page for volunteers. You can try there, and that's great of you to consider doing it. 1bare, thanks! My wife is going to be at the finish for me so thankfully I'll have that support there. I have a feeling i'm not going to be in great shape coming out of the water, but I think I will make it in under the cut off time. Oh, and you'll be the SECOND fastest tri guy there. LOL! I kid. I kid. I'm not fast. Swimming is my best sport. Biking second, and old women in walkers run faster than I do. It's my winter focus. I got my neoprene Blueseventy skull cap yesterday, so I'm happy about that arriving in time. Now I'm KICKING myself for not ordering booties too. The water temp was 51 yesterday. My feet are going to freeze off. I don't know of anywhere in the Tampa area that sells cold water swimming gear either. It's not the sort of thing Sports Authority carries. I'm in the Brandon area if anyone knows of a store. I'm going to stop by a dive shop on my way home today to see what they have. I found this site with marine tide and water temp info for Gandy bridge, and since that's where the start is, it should be pretty useful. I hope the water temp keeps rising. Last year the water was 58 for this event. I'm liking the sound of that much more than 51. http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/ofs/ofs_station.shtml?stname=Gandy%20Bridge&ofs=tb&stnid=8726641 Jay |