(S)he-Man was the top female finisher at the 25K championship. Congrats!
"The winning time was 5:39.09 by Richard Kramer, 42, of Illinois Masters. The first female to complete the race was Kristina Ulveling, 35, of Georgia Masters, who swam the 25K in 6:25.25"
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I'll join in the congratulations. When I tell non swimming people I did a 1,000 meter o.w. race in a lake, they are usually thinking I am crazy, how can I swim that far, or how am I able. They have no idea of what far is...25,000 meters is far, and at that pace pretty far.
My thoughts on arms numbness: I get numb on both arms when swimming 400 or 800 at meets, or when swimming the 1,000 o.w. races. I get numb when swimming at practice continually for over 400 meters. I get numb when swimming fast and when swimming not so fast. As a person who in the past made many nerve blocks in the brachial plexus from different approaches to induce anesthesia I can sorta figure out what happens. It is not a question of lack of blood causing paresthesia as when you sit for too long at the commode (is that a usable word?) and get numb in your knees or lower legs. It is more of a "twisting" or "elongating" of the plexus causing a transient numbness. Why the fact that even a small pause will diminish the numbness or even avoid it totally is beyond my medical comprehension. I do believe that more practice or a technique improvement might make my case better, but in the case of Geek, an accomplished swimmer and athlete I do not know what happens. My two cents, or maybe my two centavos....billy fanstone
I'll join in the congratulations. When I tell non swimming people I did a 1,000 meter o.w. race in a lake, they are usually thinking I am crazy, how can I swim that far, or how am I able. They have no idea of what far is...25,000 meters is far, and at that pace pretty far.
My thoughts on arms numbness: I get numb on both arms when swimming 400 or 800 at meets, or when swimming the 1,000 o.w. races. I get numb when swimming at practice continually for over 400 meters. I get numb when swimming fast and when swimming not so fast. As a person who in the past made many nerve blocks in the brachial plexus from different approaches to induce anesthesia I can sorta figure out what happens. It is not a question of lack of blood causing paresthesia as when you sit for too long at the commode (is that a usable word?) and get numb in your knees or lower legs. It is more of a "twisting" or "elongating" of the plexus causing a transient numbness. Why the fact that even a small pause will diminish the numbness or even avoid it totally is beyond my medical comprehension. I do believe that more practice or a technique improvement might make my case better, but in the case of Geek, an accomplished swimmer and athlete I do not know what happens. My two cents, or maybe my two centavos....billy fanstone
