Swim splits from my 45-49 AG at today’s NJ Triathlon (Olympic), wetsuits not allowed (name/swim rank overall/swim split):
Kenneth Lehner 37 22:09
Rick Hrabchak 100 25:57:00
Jorge Espinosa 103 26:03:00
Richard Morrison 107 26:15:00
Jim Sonneborn 141 28:00:00
Robert Kelly 144 28:05:00
Stuart Young 157 28:32:00
Donald Ferguson 158 28:32:00
Charles Logan 172 28:50:00
Thomas Casey 189 29:15:00
Bruce Kuo 200 29:32:00
Christopher Cummins 206 29:38:00
The other 35 finishers were over 30:00. Doesn’t **anyone **know how to swim?
(the race featured the 2005 Best of the US champion Christopher Martin at 19:32 and 2006 Best of the US champion David Silver at 18:32 (fastest swim split of the day))
The other 35 finishers were over 30:00. Doesn’t **anyone **know how to swim?
Nope, most don’t. Why would they invest the time in learning properly when they have a wetsuit for most of the races, and the swim for most AG’ers is a very insignificant part of the race due to it’s disproportionate length compared to the other 2 disciplines?
Swim splits from my 45-49 AG at today’s NJ Triathlon (Olympic), wetsuits not allowed (name/swim rank overall/swim split):
The other 35 finishers were over 30:00. Doesn’t **anyone **know how to swim?
Not in low-prestige, obscure local races like that. Take a look at your AG’s swim results from Vineman today when they’re posted (there were wetsuits, which was a joke in that 77F water). But evena wetsuit can’t cover up THAT bad of a swimmer. For what it’s worth, I swim 37:XX half-IM with or without.
There were a handful of other races in the tri-state that rated a tad higher on the scale than that one today; perhaps the dilution of talent is to blame?
PS - no, nobody knows how to swim. why, is there a need?
Wetsuits are an abomination
while i may sympathize with your perspective about weak swimmers, do a race with a 1500 meter swim in the pacific ocean in northern california, and you will conclude otherwise about the abomination part.
How was the race? I was hoping to make it up there, but I was not able to do so last minute. I would have enjoyed a good non-wetsuit swim…
Nice swim, albeit a bit crowded (3:00 between waves), but navigable. Bike course was funky (three out-and-backs into various parking lots!) and short, around 23 miles by my computer, with some rolling but mostly flat. Well done, but the awards (a medal on a little plastic stand) and the post-race food (everyone got a cookie, a pretzel, some apple slices, and some pizza sans cheese) left much to be desired.
Good to do a non-wetsuit swim in a reasonable body of water: no current, no chop.
I keep going back and forth on whether I want the wetsuit when I ocean-swim or not. I have an aversion to the thing for several reasons… but that water is cold. I never notice the temp if I’m just playing in it, but when you start trying to really swim the cold is exhausting!
I wouldn’t have a problem with wetsuits if the temperature cutoff was 68F. You’re getting to a point where the cold is a legit problem with those temps.
But when you’re allowing wetsuits for temperatures that are perfectly normal swimming pool temperatures, then it really is nothing about warmth issues.
