From the Slow Twitch forum:
"...The current temperature of the [Ohio] river as measured at depths ranging from 18" to 6' in the area in front of Joe's Crab shack was a very consistant and uniform 85.3 degrees Fahrenheit today at 6:30pm...
"Tuesday morning (8/21) update at 6:40am in front of Joe' Crab shack Air temperature - 80 F. Water temperature from 18" to 8' depth - 84.6 F... "
Yikes.
Y'all got your bikinis and speedos at the ready??
Y'all got your bikinis and speedos at the ready??
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Don't worry about the water. Just keep your eyes out for the man-eating carp! ;)
ReplyDeletehak
good luck. carpe carp!
ReplyDeleteActually, I have some sort of loose skin holding suit that is supposed to help speed in the non-wetsuit races....and I guess I'll try it out today during my pool swim. It's gray and makes me even more whale-like but hopefully this will scare away the carp....do they make good sushi??? 2.4 miles is a long way to go without sustenance.
ReplyDeletePoached carp! (Okay, not quite warm enough for that!)
ReplyDeleteThere is an inadvertently funny scene in a terrible movie called "Volcano" (I saw it on a bus...) in which a hapless young couple in best horror-movie style are hanging out in a natural hot spring when suddenly lava erupts into it and they are boiled to death...
ReplyDeleteYes, well...as I was asking Pirate yesterday, "Exactly where am I supposed to stash my extra gel now...?
ReplyDeleteDo leave that wetsuit at home! Gel-down the front-I do that on short runs..
ReplyDeleteI got stuck on slowtwitch's unfriendly people in that forum. What is up with those grumpy so-and-so's? Do they really need to be such negative nellies?
ReplyDeleteand that, apparently, is why I never hang out there.
You don't need no stinkin' wetsuit. You.Are.Bulletproof.
ReplyDeleteYeah. Um. At least from that thread it seemed slow twitch is a tad gripey and whiney and complainey. I don't want to start a war, or anything, though. Maybe it was just an off day.
ReplyDeleteThat's some warm water. Guess you don't need to worry about being cold...as if that was ever a concern...LOL.
ReplyDeleteCompletely unrelated to anything hydro - I just re-read your 'finding my spirit' post. THAT will get you over the line on Sunday, mate. Put a copy in your bike special needs bag :)
ReplyDeleteFish fry! You are heat acclimated! Remember- you are a wild west desert woman! (insert "growl" here!)
ReplyDeleteGo get 'em!