Subject: RE: OPEN WATER SWIMJust as an aside, I swam Milton a couple of weeks ago, and the water temp (61 ) certainly called for a wetsuit. However, the Try a Tri'ers were out there baring it all in their speedos and such, and most survived.
My buddy decided to sign up last minute (race day ), and showed up with nothing but his speedo, my 1980's road bike, (plus gear ) and a pair of running shoes. We were in the same AG category and I picked a spot over to the side when our wave was going to start - all I heard were people taking about how either - brave, hardcore, crazy, etc. this guy was.
Well, he manned up and swam the 750M, did the bike and run and only finished 12 minutes behind me.
Moral of the story - the water temp is not going to kill you, and you may even swim faster just to gte the hell out of there. |