Congrats (S)he-Man!

I'm gonna hijack this thread as it is somewhat related. As I was chatting with (S)he-man about this endeavor, it struck me as something I'd love to do as well. I really love long distance swims but I have a very annoying problem, my dang right arm falls dead asleep at exactly 1500 meters of continuous swimming. I can keep swimming but it's not so much fun. Sets are fine, just continuous swimming. I have no idea what causes this. I suspect it is a stroke defect and i breathe exclusively to the right. Any ideas out there? If I can whoop this problem I could easily do a 10K or maybe even something retarded like a 25K. Geek, I'm going to ask my chiropractor what she thinks as I see her today. She did cure me of my headaches and ocular migraines, so you never know what may be possible. I wouldn't have been able to do that distance with those issues and they were solved. Sounds like a pinched nerve or something. . . Another thing to keep in mind during these long swims is that I stopped every 15 minutes for most of the 25K to hydrate and fuel. This was excessive, but so were the weather conditions. I was not exactly efficient during my stops. So I really got breaks every 15 minutes or so. It really was like 15 minutes swim, 1 minute rest (treading water). Do you think your arm would fall asleep with frequent stops? Even on the 10K, I stopped every 2500 meters to hydrate. I'll get back with you. That's got to be frustrating. I'm guessing your coach has looked at your technique. . .

I'm gonna hijack this thread as it is somewhat related. As I was chatting with (S)he-man about this endeavor, it struck me as something I'd love to do as well. I really love long distance swims but I have a very annoying problem, my dang right arm falls dead asleep at exactly 1500 meters of continuous swimming. I can keep swimming but it's not so much fun. Sets are fine, just continuous swimming. I have no idea what causes this. I suspect it is a stroke defect and i breathe exclusively to the right. Any ideas out there? If I can whoop this problem I could easily do a 10K or maybe even something retarded like a 25K. Geek, I'm going to ask my chiropractor what she thinks as I see her today. She did cure me of my headaches and ocular migraines, so you never know what may be possible. I wouldn't have been able to do that distance with those issues and they were solved. Sounds like a pinched nerve or something. . . Another thing to keep in mind during these long swims is that I stopped every 15 minutes for most of the 25K to hydrate and fuel. This was excessive, but so were the weather conditions. I was not exactly efficient during my stops. So I really got breaks every 15 minutes or so. It really was like 15 minutes swim, 1 minute rest (treading water). Do you think your arm would fall asleep with frequent stops? Even on the 10K, I stopped every 2500 meters to hydrate. I'll get back with you. That's got to be frustrating. I'm guessing your coach has looked at your technique. . .