Prediction Time!

"Clubber, what's your prediction for the outcome of the fight?"

PAIN

Alright so here's the deal: this weekend is pretty much the most unprecedented weekend of absurdly long racing our team has ever seen, so let's have some fun with it. I don't want people making predictions for anyone else because I don't want those racing to let it affect them, so we'll just mess with me.

I will allow each person to make their prediction for my swim time at Arizona. Predictions must be submitted by 11:59pm ET on Saturday, November 21, via the comments section. If you don't have comment privileges for whatever reason and you're reading this and would like to play, just email me at rmcgrath@tmo.blackberry.net. I will now provide you the information you'll need to make an educated guess. The winner will receive a prize, and it's going to be closest to the pin, NOT Price is Right rules (closest without going over). So if you guess over but you're 2 seconds away and that's the closest, you win.

1) My Eagleman 2009 swim time was 30:27 for 1.2 miles (Arizona is 2.4 miles). This was a PR.

2) In the 3 months leading up to Eagleman, I swam 30,200m; 12,500m; 22,250m. In the past 3 months leading up to AZ I'll have swam 24,500m; 35,800m; 40,200m (projected).

3) At Eagleman I swam a fairly easy effort, as I was riding and running still after and I like to swim easy. At Arizona I will only be swimming, so I have nothing to worry about doing after.

4) It is a mass start, so 2000 bodies going from vertical to horizontal all at once, gnashing and thrashing in Tempe Town Lake.