Another triple crown

I’m a sucker for groupings, as regular readers know. Stillwater 8, Mile-High Club*, etc.

Recently, a new grouping was announced down in the Tennessee river. The Triple Crown of the Tennessee River consists of three open water swims along the Tennessee river: Swim Hobbs Island (5 miles); Bridges to Bluffs 10K; and Swim the Suck (10 miles).

I swam Swim the Suck back in 2012 and that is still one of my favorite open water swims ever. Karah Nazor runs an incredible swim down there in Chattanooga. StS was my first time over 10k and what a great introduction. A nice little push from the dam and the 10 miles felt like 9.

I don’t know anything about the other two swims, but I know they are now on my dream list. If you do all three in one year, you are a Gold Member. In two years, you’re a Silver Member and within three years you’re a Bronze Member.

For 2019, the Hobbs Island swim will be one week right before Ironman Chattanooga (date TBD); Bridges to Bluffs will be on 22 September (and it will be the USMS 10K national championship); Swim the Suck will be on 12 October. Definitely adding this to my to-swim list!

*No, I don’t mean the thing you do in a disgusting airplane bathroom, but a series of swims in alpine lakes around the world, like Titicaca and Issyk Kul.

One thought on “Another triple crown”

  1. Swim the Suck past 3 years but not this year, so I guess if want gold status I got to do all 3 in 2019 😉

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