Seems that June 1st has un-officially launched the 2009 openwater swimming season. Yesterday some of the swimmers and I went down to Kits Beach to join the annual VOWSA practice swims in the bay.
The water temperature was actually very comfortable (for wetsuit swimming) at 16 degrees Celsius / 61 Fahrenheit. We did two loops of the course, accompanied by some pictures from Lynda Mageau.
On Thursday night I leave for New York City to compete in the annual Manhattan Island Marathon Swim (MIMS). The race is on Saturday, you can follow our progress here. Which should be updated pretty well in realtime throughout the day. I have the lead leg of our 6-person relay... first time around we swim 45 minutes each, followed by 30 minutes on the second round. Based on previous results we anticipate finishing in about 7.5 hours.
After the New York swim I fly down to Fort Myers, Florida, meeting Karyn Jewell down there. Karyn is going to compete in the 2009 Openwater World Championship Trials. Karyn will race the 5k on Friday and the 10k on Sunday as part of a 17 person Canadian contingent.
Watch here for more updates over the next few weeks!
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