I donÂ’t think it comes remotely close to selling out. Looks like 1200 started the race.

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There were entries available days before the event this year, I don't think is selling out either

Nope

looks like the perfect race if you're a crap swimmer.

I do IMCoz as my first. I loved it and would like to do it again. However,

- it stinks they moved it from Thanksgiving weekend
- it is a long and relatively expensive haul to get there
- the downstream swim makes a mockery of the IM distance

On the other hand,

- locals embrace the race with a great atmosphere
- good deals to be found on hotels
- pulls a good international field

I hear you on the swim, my wife still bitches about it being changed from the loop from Chakaanaab(sp). She is a STRONG swimmer and it took her 1:25, that was near FOP for AG females.

It really was a great mini vacation during Thanksgiving week, since the wife was racing, I had to do double duty on the all inclusive though.

Wow, I was quite surprised to see the stats pretty much in line with Chattanooga this year. List of these fast swim races seem to be growing...

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Imagine the AG bitching if people had to swim north in that current this year. The DNF rate would have been huge.

I would have preferred the Chankanaab swim (only did the race last year) but to be honest I am not sure 50% of a typical AG field could swim a mile against a current that produces a 39 minute swim? Would certainly be a great test for great swimmers, and make it on the level of an epic race potentially. Add a high wind and hot day? oofa

BTW prior years at the point to point format appear to have been a bit faster than typical IM swims, but not insanely so like this year

Yea, one would think. I'm a 1:20 - 1:30 IM swimmer. I signed up for last year 2016, I thought this race would be fast for me. But I started at the back, had an in-the-face current almost the entire time. I could see the buoy anchors at forty five degrees into me. At certain spots I could see the same rock outcropping below me for what seemed forever. Granted I'm not a strong swimmer, but 1:50 took a lot of effort. And I spoke with many other 'crap' swimmers and we all experienced the same currents. Thing is two days prior I was snorkeling with the wife at the exact same area with the current going down-course. So much for bad timing.