Saturday, August 15, 2009

2009 Sprint Tri, Part Two - The Swim

As usual with the Jax tri series, the swim is a 400 meter swim in the ocean. It's a short one for Marc - he swims a mile or more a couple of times a week. (For me, a 1 meter swim anywhere is too much.)


Fernandina Beach had some decent size waves that day, but they had the buoys set in the calmest part of the water. And once Marc swam a little and tested the water, he thought it would be just fine.

The participants swim in waves, as designated by the color of the swim caps.



Marc was in the 4th wave, which consisted of relay swimmers, Athenas (women over a certain weight) and Clydesdales (Marc's division, men over 200 lbs.) You may notice the C on Marc's leg in some pictures - it's his division.

Marc did the swim in 7 and a half minutes and was pleased with that time. Up next, the bike ride.

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