So they finally posted the results from Saturday's Riverside Park Tune Up Swim. Remember how I told you they made such a big deal about wet suits making racers ineligible for awards? Well, the results were posted in one long list and there is no distinction between who was wearing wetsuits and who was not. I guess that is why so many people wore wetsuits - because NYC Swim doesn't distinguish between them in the results. Here is a a summary of the results based on the single long list. I haven't been able to locate a list of the offical award winners (top 3 in each age group - without a wetsuit).
#1 Male: 16:44
#1 Female: 17:11
My Official Time: 20:49
I placed:
41 of 127 total swimmers (male and female)
12 of 55 woman (all ages)
7 of 13 age group (women 20-29 years old)
My husband thinks I'm making too big a deal about the wetsuits, but I guess the reason I'm annoyed is because swimming is the one sport that I'm somewhat competitive in. I'm a super slow runner, a below average biker, but I'm a decent swimmer. I swam competitively in high school but I was never "great." There were always swimmers who were better than me. It didn't seem to matter how hard I trained or how well I ate. There was always a girl on my team who was faster than me. I've excelled in academics (I graduated college summa cum laude), I've excelled in the workforce (I was promoted within 6 months of starting my job), but I've never excelled at athletics. So, the prospect of actually placing in a large event was pretty exciting for me. As you can see, I did okay but I didn't place. I'm okay with that, but I'm a bit bitter that some people had an advantage but this isn't clear in the results. So kill me. I'll get over it, but I'm probably going to silently stew about it for another day or two :)
1 comment:
You still did great overall! And just think, you did great even though you didn't have a wetsuit on! Some events are just sloppy and this one sounds REALLY sloppy. The boat incident alone made me never want to do that event!
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