
Swim The Suck In Tennessee

Its early website is creatively designed and its 10-mile downstream course should be entertaining in the traditional sense of the word.
The October 16th race will take the non-wetsuited swimmers through the beautiful river canyon surrounded by the Cumberland Mountains of Tennessee. The canyon features lush hillsides that ascend up to 1700 feet on both sides that in mid-October will be illuminated with bright orange, yellow and red foliage colors.

“The primary allure of open water swimming is my love of boundary-free water-in-motion and the outdoors. I made the move to swimming in oceans, lakes and rivers, while performing my postdoctoral research at the University of California San Francisco. Open water swimming allowed me access to an uninterrupted stroke rhythm and breathing pattern so I could swim for hours on end. As a white-water paddler, I have internalized the basic principles of water-in-motion. Paddlers think in terms of currents, eddies and ferry angles, and these same principles apply in swimming in ocean currents. There’s nothing like hitching a ride swimming in a strong ebb or flood tide, or the feeling of swimming against the current, or swim ferrying across the current as in a kayak or on a SUP.”
Great explanation and accurate description of what millions of other swimming enthusiasts experience in the open water.
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