Comments on: Swashbuckler 2010 Race Report

By: Bandidoz

Bandidoz — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:42:12 +0000

Good effort Chris – is the beard a sign of the amount of time you spend training?

By: Nina

Nina — Thu, 27 May 2010 16:51:14 +0000

Hi Chris,

Great Effort.

Here’s a tip to solve the problem on putting compression sox on on wet feet, wear compression calf guards under your wetsuit, then just put on sport sox!!

By: Chris Vernon

Chris Vernon — Thu, 27 May 2010 09:49:40 +0000

Thanks for the water Soobee! Mine did indeed go over my head!

Adrian, will you be doing Bath this year? Anyone else? I guess it would make sense to go hard into the current, I noticed some people going wide right along the far bank presumably looking for slower moving water.

By: Adrian Pike

Adrian Pike — Thu, 27 May 2010 09:43:44 +0000

An excellent report, but you have not persuaded me to give it a try!

Presumably when swimming in a river current, the most optimal tactic is to put more effort into swimming against the current, then relax a bit when being carried along downstream?

By: Soobee

Soobee — Thu, 27 May 2010 05:51:41 +0000

Well done that is a great report and summed up the day really well. It’s a tough but fantastic course. You completed and that is awesome. It was really hot too. We were on the water station opposite transition. most of the water went over people’s heads. I am doing the Beaulieu Sprint and i’m a bit worried about the river.