The marathon swimming community has exploded with controversy over Diana Nyad's epic swim from Cuba to Florida. Seriously, I think a few people have busted a jugular over it. I'm just not that bothered by whether or not she followed "the rules" -- whatever those might be for this kind of pioneering swim. I agree that she should be completely forthcoming about all that happened on the swim. But really - the 64-year old woman swam a long damn distance. I don't care if she had vodka tonics for feeds and took a few smoke breaks. She got in the water in Cuba and swam to Key West. Kudos to you, Diana.
Inspired by her crazy ass swim, I decided to put together a swimmer-lovin triathlon I've been thinking about for awhile. It's not a real event - no sanctioning, registration or support of any kind. It's just a training day turned into an event with a little help from Photoshop. I drove the cycling route after my swim on Sunday, and even got tired on the drive. It's going to be epic. And painful.
Meanwhile, I had a lovely lake swim on Sunday with Paul in the kayak. I L.O.V.E. kayak support! It is like the difference between shuffling around a little jail cell and flying in a jet over a little country. This is what my swim looked like - only for 4 hours and 50 minutes more.
My left shoulder is a little tweaky today (not twerky) and I iced it down for a bit. I have practice in the morning so I'd better call it a blog. I'm getting ready for a Lake McConaughy swim next month. And psyching myself up for cold water. YEEEEEESH.
This looks like a pretty good overview of the controversy you mentioned. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/09/130905-marathon-swimmers-skeptics-diana-nyad-record-sports/
ReplyDeleteWay to keep at it btw. If someone (ABSOLUTELY NOT ME) wanted to join your weekend adventure, how would they do that?
Yeah, we'll see how this plays out. I always think the best of people and was probably the last person on the planet who thought Lance didn't dope. If someone would like to join me for Poseidon's Triventure, I set up a fb event: https://www.facebook.com/events/400933943342190/
ReplyDeleteAnd if somebody - absolutely maybe YOU - wanting to join me for just the cycling part (you'd have to ride a fixie with one leg to make it even) then show up at Area 1 at Branched Oak about 10:15 a.m. that Sunday.
Oops, I mean SATURDAY, Sept. 21.
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