Ohio Street, September 1

No Lake last week, I was in Louisville at the Ironman, just watching. I didn't wish I could do the swim, 84 degree water and the first half mile in a somewhat unpleasant channel. They did do an interesting start, time trial style. A long line of people going in the water 3 or 4 at a time. This resulted in a long line of swimmers in the water rather than the bunching up usually seen in open water.

Today we encountered the remnants of hurricane Isaac. No rain to speak of but lots of wind. This called for Ohio Street but even there it was tough. It was washing machine style chop with 2 to 3 foot waves mixed in. Air and water about 74 degrees. Jody and I did make it down to the buoy marking the end of the official swim area and back. We were glad we didn't have to do the full 3 miles, but on the whole conditions were better than the 2010 Big Shoulders race.