Here in south-central Pennsylvania, there are not many places to do open water swimming. That may seem hard to believe, but most of the rivers/lakes are either on private land or pretty nasty places due to pollution (farm run-off, esp.) The few places that there are to swim are usually in parks and are regulated out the wazoo. (A friend of mine was arrested earlier this year for training out of bounds at one of the state parks.) For those of you who do freshwater training swims, how do you deal with/circumvent the legal issues or do they not apply in your area? I realize that saltwater swimming is a different story, but we are several hours from the nearest saltwater - too far for regular swims.
Or is freshwater training all "Jersey legal" - i.e. legal as long as you don't get caught?
-LBJ
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Leonard,
You ever swim at Blue Marsh lake near Reading? It is legal except where restricted near the boat ramps.
The swimming there is ok during the early season, but later in the summer the fecal counts due to the farm runoff jumps up. I swim there on Saturday or Sunday mornings with a couple other people. We swim around the island at beach on the north side of the lake, which is almost 2 miles around. From E-town, you would be around an hour away. The other big problem are the boats & jet skies, but they are not as bad in the early morning. The other option is to go up into the no wake zone, so some people get in the water off of church road off of rt 183 near Bernville.
We will probably begin swimming there in early May, wetsuits oprional.
Regards
Jon
Leonard,
You ever swim at Blue Marsh lake near Reading? It is legal except where restricted near the boat ramps.
The swimming there is ok during the early season, but later in the summer the fecal counts due to the farm runoff jumps up. I swim there on Saturday or Sunday mornings with a couple other people. We swim around the island at beach on the north side of the lake, which is almost 2 miles around. From E-town, you would be around an hour away. The other big problem are the boats & jet skies, but they are not as bad in the early morning. The other option is to go up into the no wake zone, so some people get in the water off of church road off of rt 183 near Bernville.
We will probably begin swimming there in early May, wetsuits oprional.
Regards
Jon
