beastofbourbon wrote:
ashdash wrote:
beastofbourbon wrote:
The current will be weak, and at the beginning close to nonexistent. Swim times will likely be similar to 2010 and 2013, which were the two slowest B2B swims.
Those "slow" B2B times just put it in the realm of "normal" IM-distance times, though, correct? I looked up the results from those years, and while they are absolutely much slower than the other B2B years, they don't seem unreasonable. So I'm guessing it will be like a regular course (lake swim, perhaps) without a current assist? Or could this be a particularly tough day in the water? Sorry to ask so many questions -- the swim is by far my weakest discipline so it's really helpful to know what to expect.
Somewhere in a FB thread I posted what some of the swim splits were at past B2B races...
Basically in the slow years, mid-pack in the full was ~1:24 in 2010 and ~1:15 in 2013.
In most other years, midpack was out under 1 hr. Don't expect that this year.
Edited to add what I posted...
I'll just leave this here... there is a correlation.
2010 low tide 0659, fastest swim split 54:35, midpack male 1:24:39
2011 low tide 0417, fastest swim split 36:07, midpack male 52:22
2013 low tide 0742, fastest swim split 46:55, midpack male 1:13:05
2014 low tide 0323, fastest swim split 33:21, midpack male 53:08
2015 low tide 0508, fastest swim split 41:52, midpack male 58:22
2016 low tide 0750…
Oy.. So with this info known, what time would it be best to start the swim? In the front or back of the rolling start?
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