Swim the Suck 2014
Just a heads up for anyone interested that the registration opens at Midnight tonight for the 5th Annual Swim the Suck on 10/11/14.
http://www.swimthesuck10mile.com/
This swim sells out quickly for a reason. It is a great event! I'll be back for my 5th time and there always seem to be a few forum members there. Hope to see some of you in October.
http://www.swimthesuck10mile.com/
This swim sells out quickly for a reason. It is a great event! I'll be back for my 5th time and there always seem to be a few forum members there. Hope to see some of you in October.
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http://notdrowningswimming.com - open water adventures of a very ordinary swimmer
Holy crap. Incredible.
But it ended up pretty smooth, slow but smooth, hey that's me, or at least what I like to think I look like in the water. This is going to be a great end to my year. Local (CO) 2.5, 4.8 milers in May, July. Then Horsetooth 10K in Aug and StS in Oct.
Just to make it easier here's the link
http://www.roundthesound.bm/
I'm thinking that would be out of compliance w/ MSF rules. I can't risk having an asterisk next to my name.
I'm using the swim to fundraise for La Casa de las Madres, if any of you is feeling generous. http://www.youcaring.com/nonprofits/river-of-hope/213490
I'll start: Spacemanspiff is in! Cleared the wait list.
I look forward to meeting some of you at the Pasta dinner. Unfortunately, I'm going have to cut the post-race activities short to drive to Atlanta to catch a plane...
"Lights go out and I can't be saved
Tides that I tried to swim against
Have brought be down upon my knees
Oh I beg, I beg and plead..."
We're all just carbon, water, starlight, oxygen and dreams
The northside of the river across from downtown has some nice restaurants and shops too. Registration and Friday night's dinner are over in that area.
Being a bit obsessive I drove out to the start on Friday just so I knew the way on Saturday. Mornings are not my strong suit.
Looks like it might a warm but wet day for the dry landers
Best of luck and favorable currents to all the Swim the Suck-ers! Let us know how it went...
Now, to mix some malto.
Woke up to thunder and driving rain. Radar didn't show any relief. Start was doubtful. But the sky cleared right on time, and the day turned out cloudless and beautiful! (Current-reversing wind on finishing stretch notwithstanding).
Besides the oil slick of projectile-vomited pink malto covering the last couple hundred meters (sorry if you were behind me!), an all around fabulous experience! Managed sub 4, despite the nausea.
One of the finishers didn't even know how to dog paddle in February. Another was a cancer survivor with only one leg. Courageous stuff.
Met @slknight and @knicholas. Saw @heart but I was carrying kayak and she was getting marked, so didn't say hi. Where were the rest of you MSFers hiding?
"Lights go out and I can't be saved
Tides that I tried to swim against
Have brought be down upon my knees
Oh I beg, I beg and plead..."
Mills, Debra 06:18:56.161 49 Johnson city TN
Simon, Brooke 05:42:21.096 28 Atlanta GA
Tolia, Chirag 05:34:23.183 29 Chattanooga TN
Holt, Tammy 05:20:20.122 46 Decherd TN
Little, Bill 05:14:02.931 51 Wendell NC
Aviram, Hadar 05:04:53.981 39 San Francisco CA
Zacharias, Curt 05:04:08.391 60 Chattanooga TN
Brackett, John 05:02:36.550 65 Stuart FL
Schoenborn, Richard 05:00:41.470 56 Palm City FL
Swoboda, Sandy 04:55:51.010 50 Berwyn Heights MD
Linthicum, Tom 04:55:13.500 56 Somerset CA
Whalen, Thomas 04:54:34.370 48 Saint Louis MO
Bacalman, Whitney 04:54:00.540 31 Chattanooga TN
Camus, Melinda 04:53:34.250 39 Watkinsville GA
Gallo, Lauren 04:52:38.580 29 Arlington VA
Krom, Bethany 04:52:19.460 58 Lanesboro MN
Webster, Jon 04:52:07.480 42 Minneapolis MN
Dexter, Tim 04:47:43.959 46 Larkspur CO
Chalmers, Gayla 04:47:40.729 49 Athens GA
Cross, Jeffrey 04:46:15.809 44 Chattanooga TN
Stewart, Linda 04:45:07.719 26 Twinsburg OH
Offenberg, Matthew 04:44:39.109 41 Canton GA
Englebert, Chad 04:43:35.459 42 Northport AL
Beaman, Mike 04:43:26.289 48 Cary NC
Hailstone, Neil 04:40:42.949 42 Evergreen CO
Hall, Jason 04:39:57.709 42 Mount Pleasant SC
Ginzl, Deb 04:36:29.988 36 Eden Prairie MN
Ulrey, Michael 04:32:17.808 25 Lewison ME
Jones, Ned 04:29:26.838 51 Huntsville AL
Wigal, Cecelia 04:27:36.248 51 Chattanooga TN
Prezioso, Franco 04:27:04.417 48 Bel Air MD
Ballard, Andrea 04:26:47.857 42 Fishers IN
Galloway, Trephina 04:26:42.537 42 Atlanta GA
McDonald, Scott 04:26:31.817 48 Fuquay Varina NC
Ulrey, Joe 04:26:18.947 56 Minneapolis MN
Wilson, Jamie 04:25:12.747 47 Folly Beach SC
Roberts, John Mark 04:23:37.627 36 Clyde NC
Skorput, Casey 04:22:48.897 29 Chattanooga TN
Sloan, Elizabeth 04:22:29.527 38 Franklin TN
Kirk, Susan 04:21:50.885 54 Califon NJ
Booher, Sue-Ellen 04:21:47.975 61 Warren VT
Hodge, Zane 04:20:16.273 58 Greenwood MS
Mazzillo, Maria 04:20:14.397 33 Apex NC
Loftus, Terry 04:20:08.070 59 laguna niguel CA
Steves, David 04:18:16.996 52 Atlanta GA
Meuser, Ashley 04:17:11.405 28 Cincinnati OH
Loveless, Daniel 04:17:06.455 32 Nashville TN
Bielski, Sharon 04:14:50.079 48 Western Springs IL
Smith, Jenny 04:09:32.894 40 Chattanooga TN
Cherrick, Michelle 04:07:54.583 46 San Rafael CA
Buechner, Ryan 04:07:51.880 31 Sevierville TN
Schuttinga, Mike 04:07:30.352 52 Rome GA
Ulrey, Amanda 04:06:49.525 23 Jackson MO
Hermann, Patty 04:01:34.946 55 Houston TX
Elverd, Curt 04:01:25.984 31 Signal Mountain TN
Loveless, Annie 04:01:01.045 30 Chattanooga TN
Key, Stephen 03:59:57.985 47 Dallas TX
Booth, Susie 03:59:27.848 46 Fishers IN
Ulrey, Andrew 03:59:04.378 25 Cincinnati OH
Selles, Carl 03:58:38.799 67 St Petersburg FL
Syzek, Thomas 03:56:54.437 59 Cincinnati OH
Ware, Allison 03:56:29.130 34 Franklin TN
von Spiegelfeld, Ann 03:53:44.540 53 Tampa FL
Bennett, Ellen 03:53:13.059 51 Venice FL
Rietz, Heather 03:52:21.606 46 Nashville TN
Nicholas, Kent 03:52:04.435 47 Mesa AZ
Hart, Kathy 03:51:52.705 51 Willow Spring NC
Cobb, Mitchell 03:51:17.896 49 Lookout Mountain TN
McFadden, Hallie 03:48:27.067 51 Signal Mountain TN
Nash, Alex 03:46:45.880 28 Chattanooga TN
Smith, Jerry 03:46:00.655 49 Soddy Daisy TN
Arnold, Fred 03:45:13.258 53 Cary NC
Greene, Chris 03:44:55.783 52 Suwanee GA
Hall, Ali 03:43:30.628 53 San Francisco CA
Alford, Robert 03:40:22.639 49 Austin TX
Nazor, Karah 03:40:09.461 37 Chattanooga TN
Ascione, Lynn 03:39:28.119 47 Ramsey NJ
Phillips, Jamie Ann 03:37:13.396 29 Chattanooga TN
Schwartz, Tommy 03:36:14.682 54 sarasota FL
Knight, Susan 03:33:36.608 44 Kennebunk ME
Miner, David 03:32:13.815 46 Sarasota FL
McAfee, Jack 03:31:38.380 30 Knoxville TN
News, George 03:31:30.125 28 Dalton GA
Walker, Rick 03:28:57.682 64 Sarasota FL
Shaver, Jon 03:25:35.837 46 Centennialc CO
Johnson, Charlie 03:24:11.577 21 Madison AL
Rouch, Stephen 03:23:23.857 34 Indianapolis IN
Kelly, Lexie 03:08:29.130 27 Long Beach CA
Dugan, Jim 03:05:41.380 51 Worthington OH
Kercheval, Josh 03:05:30.800 33 Bloomington IL
Meyer, Alex 02:51:13.689 26 Ithaca NY
The only drawback to spending more time in the Gorge is showing up late to one of the best after parties in the sport.
BTW, we got very lucky. The weather in Chattanooga changed for the worse on Sunday, and my flight on Monday was canceled due to thunderstorms! I ended up on an extensive tour of airports of the South before making it home.
Also, on Sunday I spent a lot of time at the river exhibit in the aquarium, making friends with all the river's regular inhabitants, which we couldn't see in the water. What an incredible ecosystem it is!