Subject: RE: Vineman 70.3 I believe last year had similar circumstance and they released water from the dam and cooled it off, is that correct?
I know that many do this race as a first HIM because there are less man eating sharks in the river, the depth of the river is pretty shallow, it is usually wetsuit legal and swimming is generally the "great divide" among triathletes, and the course isn't too hill like Wildflower.
I was supposed to be doing this with my mother in law, a past Olympic marathoner that doesn't agree with swimming too much, so much of my assumptions above are based on why I helped her choose this race, though she had to drop out.
Anyway my reason for stating that is to bring up that I bet they do another water release to try and get the temp under wetsuit temps, if for nothing else than the economics of more people coming back because it should be wetsuit legal again.
Just a hunch, but I imagine the engineers at the dam are already shifted to work early Sunday morning.
Good luck in your taper folks, I'll see ya there.
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