Has anyone ever thrown up while swimming in a race (or, hypothetically, the 10K postal toward the end), halfway down the lane, and, if so, what did you do?
Um, I'll just hypothetically say I had to do a puke/swallow keeping mouth shut thus ensuring no vileness entered pool and then stopped at other end of pool and drank a lot of water and then hypothetically hoped it would not happen again, hypothetically.
Then I was wondering, hypothetically, if one pukes while swimming in a race but does not cause puke to go in pool and thus ruin entire meet or cause entire facility to be shut down, but does a hypothetical puke/swallow followed by water and amnesia, does this mean one is now a real athlete? Is this a common thing swimmers pushing themselves hard run up against midpool during exertion for long distance swims? Even the 1000 free has felt close to this level of hypothetical situation for me.
Big Shoulders, to answer Isobel's Q first, is a 2.5k/5k swim in Ohio Street Harbor, Chicago, Saturday, Sept. 12: www.bigshoulders.org. This year it is the middle distance USMS championship swim and I am trying to be out of town. Last year there were ca. 650 registrants; this year it may hit 800. I got kicked in the face last year, and ppl crawled over me (you've already grabbed my legs, don't you think the rest of me might be attached?), turning the race, or community swim with dogs, into mixed martial arts - the aquatic version.
I hope the nutrition thread has legs. What people eat before a swim is always a good topic. Hypothetically, of course. ;)
I threw up my oatmeal at Big Shoulders last year. I was about 800 or so into the race and in the middle of a pack that kept hitting me. One guy smacked my head and my goggles flew off. I stopped, threw up, thought about quitting, then found the goggles and continued on. I ended up having a really nice swim once I got out of that group. I will not eat oatmeal this year before BiG Shoulders for sure! :applaud:
:eek:
Um, what is Big Shoulders? Outdoors or indoor pool? Must be outdoors if you are in a pack.
Let's see what other doodads I can use to say woohoo to you . . .:woot::wave::groovy: :cool: (I'm just going for visuals here; I like the blue guy with shades and half smile; he looks cool, like a swimmer who toughs it out.) (You.)
So should we start a nonnutrition thread? Like "Down with oatmeal," and, hypothetically speaking, "Down with pineapple/mango/peach juice and banana chunks"? Hypothetically speaking please don't say Good Lord, Izzo! No wonder! Cetera.
Big Shoulders, to answer Isobel's Q first, is a 2.5k/5k swim in Ohio Street Harbor, Chicago, Saturday, Sept. 12: www.bigshoulders.org. This year it is the middle distance USMS championship swim and I am trying to be out of town. Last year there were ca. 650 registrants; this year it may hit 800. I got kicked in the face last year, and ppl crawled over me (you've already grabbed my legs, don't you think the rest of me might be attached?), turning the race, or community swim with dogs, into mixed martial arts - the aquatic version.
I hope the nutrition thread has legs. What people eat before a swim is always a good topic. Hypothetically, of course. ;)
I threw up my oatmeal at Big Shoulders last year. I was about 800 or so into the race and in the middle of a pack that kept hitting me. One guy smacked my head and my goggles flew off. I stopped, threw up, thought about quitting, then found the goggles and continued on. I ended up having a really nice swim once I got out of that group. I will not eat oatmeal this year before BiG Shoulders for sure! :applaud:
:eek:
Um, what is Big Shoulders? Outdoors or indoor pool? Must be outdoors if you are in a pack.
Let's see what other doodads I can use to say woohoo to you . . .:woot::wave::groovy: :cool: (I'm just going for visuals here; I like the blue guy with shades and half smile; he looks cool, like a swimmer who toughs it out.) (You.)
So should we start a nonnutrition thread? Like "Down with oatmeal," and, hypothetically speaking, "Down with pineapple/mango/peach juice and banana chunks"? Hypothetically speaking please don't say Good Lord, Izzo! No wonder! Cetera.
