Over the past week there has been a considerable amount of web traffic posted about the swim conditions at this year's Ironman St. George and how it appears that a considerable number of athletes were pulled from the water. One of the more interesting dialogues that has been occurring related to the question of whether athletes who cannot swim a pace faster than 2:00 per 100 yards should even attempt an iron distance race swim of 2.4 miles, with the main premise being that they shouldn't.
